kepenys
Appearance
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from kèpti (“to bake”),[1] perhaps owing to the liver's dark "baked" color. Compare Proto-Slavic *pečenь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kẽpenys f pl stress pattern 3b
Declension
[edit] Declension of kẽpenys (plural-only)
References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kèpti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 275
- ^ “kepenys” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN