klanas

== Lithuanian == === Etymology 1 === Cognate with Proto-Slavic *klonъ (“fold, bend”). From Proto-Balto-Slavic *klánas, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to crook, to bend”). The original meaning was "a depression". klónis (“valley”) is from the same root. ==== Noun ==== klãnas m (plural klanai̇̃) stress pattern 4, 2 puddle Synonyms: balà, balùtė, valkà (geology) depression, valley, ravine Synonyms: slėni̇̀s, klónis, baudà ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “klãnas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 264 “klanas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012 “klanas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 [under klanas1] === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English clan. ==== Noun ==== klãnas m (plural klãnai) stress pattern 2 (ethnography) clan Synonym: giminė̃ ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “klanas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 [under klanas3]