sklypas

Lithuanian

Žemės sklypai - Plots of land

Etymology

According to Būga and Otkupščikov, linked to sklim̃bas (“slice of bread”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to cut”).

Noun

sklỹpas m (plural sklỹpai) stress pattern 2

  1. plot, lot, patch (of land)
    Synonyms: plotas, gabalas
    žemės sklypas ― plot of land
    kadastrinis sklypas ― cadastral parcel
    statybos sklypas ― building plot
    tuščias sklypas ― vacant lot
  2. (uncommon) piece, scrap (of an object) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    Synonyms: atraiža, skiautė, lopas

Declension

Further reading

  • “sklypas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • sklypas, entry by Antanas Miknius, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
  • “sklypas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “sklỹpas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 811
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