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miestas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish miasto.[1] Compare Latvian miẽsts and Old Prussian mestan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [²ˈmʲiɛstɐs]
  • Rhymes: -iɛstɐs
  • Syllabification: miẽ‧stas

Noun

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miẽstas m (plural miẽstai) stress pattern 2

  1. city (large settlement)

Declension

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Declension of miẽstas
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) miẽstas miẽstai
genitive (kilmininkas) miẽsto miẽstų
dative (naudininkas) miẽstui miẽstams
accusative (galininkas) miẽstą miestùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) miestù miẽstais
locative (vietininkas) miestè miẽstuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) miẽste miẽstai

References

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  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018), “miestas”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 397