krūtis

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krū̆t- (“protuberance, breast, belly”), probably related to *krew- (“curve”), *(s)ker- (“to turn”), *(s)krew-. Possibly related to Old Irish crott (“lute”), Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“pile, stack”), but these connections are uncertain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

krūtis f (6th declension)

1. breast
2. bosom
3. bust

Declension

Declension of krūtis (6th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	krūtis
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	krūtis
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	krūšu
dative (datīvs)	—	krūtīm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	krūtīm
locative (lokatīvs)	—	krūtīs
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	krūtis

Noun

krūtis

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of krūts

Lithuanian

Krūtis

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian krūts. According to Derksen, related to Lithuanian kráuti (“to pile”), Proto-Slavic *krỳti (“to cover”), Proto-Germanic *hreudaną (“to cover”). From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kr(o)uʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *kr(o)uH-.

Noun

krūtìs f (plural krū̃tys) stress pattern 4

1. breast

Declension

Declension of krūtìs

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	krūtìs	krū̃tys
genitive (kilmininkas)	krūtiẽs	krūčių̃
dative (naudininkas)	krū̃čiai	krūtìms
accusative (galininkas)	krū̃tį	krūtìs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	krūtimì	krūtimìs
locative (vietininkas)	krūtyjè	krūtysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	krūtiẽ	krū̃tys

Derived terms

• (chest): krūtinė

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) “krūtis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 261