dumblas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Baltic *dumblás, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”) via nasal infixation. Cognate with Latvian dumbla (dialectal), dubļi pl (“mud”), perhaps further akin to Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ (“oak”).

Noun

dum̃blas m stress pattern 2

  1. mud, silt
  2. (by extension) mire, heath, bog

Declension
Declension of dum̃blas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) dum̃blas dum̃blai
genitive (kilmininkas) dum̃blo dum̃blų
dative (naudininkas) dum̃blui dum̃blams
accusative (galininkas) dum̃blą dum̃blus
instrumental (įnagininkas) dum̃blu dum̃blais
locative (vietininkas) dum̃ble dum̃bluose
vocative (šauksmininkas) dum̃ble dum̃blai

Derived terms
  • dumblùs (“viscous, silty”)
  • dumbė̃ (“cavity”) (possibly)

References
  • “dumblas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “dumblas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 145
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