Contionary:mėna
Pomorian
Alternative forms
mę̄ši - in Ežerina and some Eastern dialects.
mėneši - in Southern and Central dialects.
Etymology
From Old Pomorian mēns/mēnans. Proto-Balto-Slavic *meˀns; compare with Old Prussian mēniks, Lithuanian mėnuo, Latvian mēness, Proto-Slavic *měsęcь (from earlier mēsenkan). From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s; compare with Latin mēnsis, Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), Sanskrit मास (māsa) and Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”).
Pronunciation
/ˈméː.nɑ/
Noun
mė͂na m (6th declension)
- moon (the largest satellite of the Earth)
- mėnesy aztimva - lunar eclipse
- mėnesy fazo - moon phases
- (astronomy) moon, natural satellite (of another planet)
- mėna Saturno - a moon of Saturn
Declension
| Declension of s (6th declension-n C1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | mė͂na | mė͂nesi | mėnesõ |
| Genitive | mė͂nesy | mėnesù | mėnesų̃ |
| Dative | mė͂nesie | mėnesĩma | mėnesĩm(e) |
| Accusative | mė͂nesį | mė͂nesi | mė͂nesį |
| Instrumental | mėnesim | mėnesĩma | mėnesimỹ |
| Locative | mėnesė̃ | mėnesù | mėnesĩhu |
| Vocative | mėnesie͂ | mėnesie͂ | mėnesỹ |
Derived termes
- mėnesine - lunar
- mėneskalendare - lunar calendar
- naujamėna - new moon (entirely invisible)
- vetuhamėna - old moon (visible only as a thin crescent oriented towards the sun)
- mėnasvėte - moonlight