kepenys

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Derived from kèpti (“to bake”),[1] perhaps owing to the liver's dark "baked" color. Compare Proto-Slavic *pečenь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kẽpenys f pl stress pattern 3b

  1. (anatomy, plural only) liver[2]

Declension

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    Declension of kẽpenys (plural-only)
nominative kẽpenys
genitive kepenų̃
dative kepenìms
accusative kẽpenis
instrumental kepenimìs
locative kepenysè
vocative kẽpenys

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kèpti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 275
  2. ^ “kepenys” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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