akmens

== Latvian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ákmō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱ-mō (whence also asmens, originally a parallel form to akmens, created by a different development of *ḱ, perhaps due to Proto-Indo-European dialectal differences), from the stem *h₂éḱ- (“sharp, pointy, angular; stone”) with an extra element -men. Cognates include Lithuanian akmuõ, genitive akmeñs, Sudovian akmi, Hittite [script needed] (aku, “sharp stone”), Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “stone, rock, sky”), Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬨𐬀𐬥 (asman, “stone, sky”), Ancient Greek ἄκμων (ákmōn, “anvil”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “spike, edge, blade”); with reduction (zero grade) of the stem (*h₂éḱ-h₂-men > Proto-Slavic *kamy (“stone”)), also Belarusian, Russian ка́мень (kámenʹ), Ukrainian ка́мінь (káminʹ), Bulgarian ка́мен (kámen), Czech kámen, Polish kamień. According to more recent analyses, the corresponding form may have been *ákmō all the way up to Eastern Baltic unity, thus identical to the Proto-Balto-Slavic form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈakmɛns] === Noun === akmens m (2nd declension, irregular nominative, genitive) stone, rock (non-metallic solid mineral; a piece of such mineral) ass, šķautņaina akmens ― sharp, angular stone akmens šķembas ― crushed stone akmens slabs, plāksne ― stone pillar, plate akmens klons, sienas, bruģis ― stone floor, walls, pavement mest akmeni ― to throw a stone lauzt akmeņus ― to break stones, rocks smags ka akmens ― heavy as a rock ciets ka akmens ― hard as a rock krīt ka akmens ― to fall like a rock akmens laikmets ― the stone age (in prehistory) (in the genitive, used as adjective) hard; indifferent, unfeeling, unrelenting, unshakable akmens sirds ― heart of stone gleznotājs ar nekustīgu akmens seju bija atlaidies atzveltnes krēslā ― the painter with the immobile, stone face had let himself down on the armchair precious stone, also an imitation of a precious stone rets akmens ― rare (gem)stone īsti akmeņi ― real, genuine (gem)stone gredzens ar akmeni ― ring with a (precious) stone pulkstenis ar piecpadsmit akmeņiem ― a clock with fifteen gems (medicine, anatomy) stone, calculus (a hard, usually saline, formation in the body) žults akmeņi ― gall stones zobu akmens, zobakmens ― tartar (lit. teeth stone) nieru akmeņi veidojas nieru bļodiņās ― kidney stones are formed in the renal pelvis residue left in certain objects katla akmens ― boiler stone (= mineral deposits on boiler walls resulting from boiling water) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (of "earthen material"): ieži (of "rock", "boulder"): klints, laukakmens (of "precious stone"): dārgakmens ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Lithuanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɐ²ˈkmʲɛnˑs] Rhymes: -ɛnˑs Syllabification: a‧kmeñs === Noun === akmeñs genitive singular of akmuõ (“stone”)