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altorius

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin altāre. Smoczyński and Fraenkel both claim a borrowing from Old Ruthenian алтарь (altarʹ), while only Fraenkel suggests Polish ołtarz as a possibility.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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altõrius m (plural altõriai) stress pattern 2

  1. (Christianity) altar

Declension

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Declension of altorius
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) altorius altoriai
genitive (kilmininkas) altoriaus altorių
dative (naudininkas) altoriui altoriams
accusative (galininkas) altorių altorius
instrumental (įnagininkas) altoriumi altoriais
locative (vietininkas) altoriuje altoriuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) altoriau altoriai

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “altorius”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 8
  2. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “altorius”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 12

Further reading

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  • altorius”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
  • V. Dadurkevičius & D. Ralys (n.d.), “altorius”, in M. Paura & M. Tverijonas, editors, Lietuvių–anglų kalbų žodynas [Lithuanian-English dictionary], ekalba.lt