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#eye (organ of vision)
#eye (organ of vision)
#: kiršinå, šynå, zeliå '''aki''' - black, blue, green '''eyes'''
#: kiršinå, šynå, zeliå '''aki''' - black, blue, green '''eyes'''
#: padmiegoti '''akesimy''' - to be blinking with '''eyes''' (to tip the wink)
#: padmiegoti '''acesimy''' - to be blinking with '''eyes''' (to tip the wink)
#vision, attention
#vision, attention
#: pavirsti '''akesį''' nå maluoji - to turn '''eyes''' to a painting
#: pavirsti '''acesį''' nå maluoji - to turn '''eyes''' to a painting
 
===Declension===
===Declension===
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Pomorian

Alternative forms

ači - Eastern dialects

Etymology

From Old Pomorian aks, Proto-Balto-Slavic *ak- (*aks, *akins). Cognates include Old Prussian akīs (eyes), Lithuanian akis, Latvian acs, Proto-Slavic *oko (from earlier *akas). From Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, compare with Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, face”), Latin oculus, Proto-Germanic *augô (from earlier *ago), Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), Armenian ակն (akn) and and English eye.

Pronunciation

/ˈaː.kɑ/

Noun

ãka n (6th declension)

  1. eye (organ of vision)
    kiršinå, šynå, zeliå aki - black, blue, green eyes
    padmiegoti acesimy - to be blinking with eyes (to tip the wink)
  2. vision, attention
    pavirsti acesį nå maluoji - to turn eyes to a painting

Declension


Derived terms

akabalti - sclera
akavoka (voka) - eyelid
ačini - spectacles, glasses
akuke - sharp-eyed
akunå - window