tiltas

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Lithuanian

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Tiltas.

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tlh₂-tó-m (lifted up), from *telh₂- (to bear, tolerate). Derksen connects Sanskrit तीर्थ (tīrtha, passage, ford) as an exact cognate;[1] however, the Sanskrit term is generally thought to derive from *terh₂- (to cross, pass through) instead.[2]

An obsolete theory from Pokorny derived the word from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to spread, to spread out).[3]

Cognate with Latvian tilts (bridge).

Pronunciation

Noun

tìltas m (plural tìltai) stress pattern 1

  1. bridge (structure spanning a divide)
    medinis tiltaswooden bridge
    akmens tiltasstone bridge
    geležinis tiltasiron bridge
    plieno tiltassteel bridge
    tiltas per upębridge over a river
    tiltas per kanaląbridge over a canal
    tiltas per tarpeklįbridge over a ravine
    arkinis tiltasarch or bow bridge
    kabantis tiltassuspension bridge
    pasukamasis tiltasrotating bridge
    varstomasis tiltaslifting bridge
    pakeliamasis tiltasdrawbridge
    kelio, geležinkelio tiltasroad, railway bridge
    pėsčiujų tiltaspedestrian bridge

Declension

More information singular (vienaskaita), plural (daugiskaita) ...
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) tìltas tìltai
genitive (kilmininkas) tìlto tìltų
dative (naudininkas) tìltui tìltams
accusative (galininkas) tìltą tìltus
instrumental (įnagininkas) tìltu tìltais
locative (vietininkas) tìlte tìltuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) tìlte tìltai
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References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “tiltas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “tīrthá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 650
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1061”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1061

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