aplinka

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to aplink, aplinkui (“around (adverb)”), apylinkė (“environs; district”), aplenkti (“to surround (one of several meanings)”).

Derived from ap- (“circum-”) and the root of lenkti (“to bend”).

Noun

aplinkà f (plural ãplinkos) stress pattern 3b

  1. environment (all senses)
    gamtinė aplinka ― natural environment
    socialinė aplinka ― social environment
    darbalaukio aplinka ― desktop environment

Declension

References

  • “aplinka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “apliñk(ui)”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 13
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