ugnis

ugnis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *úngnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís. The expected reflex of Winter's Law would have been blocked by the cluster -nCn-, compare vanduõ (“water”). However, see Proto-Slavic *vygъňь (“forge, hearth”) < *ūˀgnis.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊɡˈnʲɪs/

Noun

ugnìs f (plural ugnys) stress pattern 4
(dialectal) ùgnis m (plural ugniai) stress pattern 2

1. fire

Declension

declension of ugnis

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	ugnìs	ùgnys
genitive (kilmininkas)	ugniẽs	ugnių̃
dative (naudininkas)	ùgniai	ugnìms
accusative (galininkas)	ùgnį	ugnìs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	ugnimì	ugnimìs
locative (vietininkas)	ugnyjè	ugnysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	ugniẽ	ùgnys

Derived terms

terms derived from ugnis

• ugninis
• ugningas
• ugnikalnis
• ugniadėžė
• ugniaspalvis
• ugniavietė
• klystugnė

Related terms

• anglis

See also

• liepsna

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478

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Old Prussian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *úngnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊɡnɪs/

Noun

ugnis f

1. fire, conflagration