First Accentual Paradigm

14 November 2013 by Pigmalijonas

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As you remember, there are four accentual (stressing) paradigms of nouns, adjectives and other declinable parts of speech. Each Lithuanian word is stressed by one of these paradigms (only one for a word). When you learn new words, you must also memorize their stressing paradigm. In most dictionaries, the number of a paradigm should be indicated in parentheses next to a word, for example: lempa (1), pieštukas (2), kambarys (3), stalas (4).

The 1st paradigm makes a word always be stressed in the stem:

lempa (a lamp)
lempos
lempai
lem
lempa
lempoje
lempa!

lempos (lamps)
lem
lempoms
lempas
lempomis
lempose
lempos!

Here are some more examples of nouns and adjectives of various declensions that fall to the first paradigm:

brolis (a brother)
brolio
broliui
bro
broliu
brolyje
broli!

broliai (brothers)
brolių
broliams
brolius
broliais
broliuose
broliai!

Vytautas
Vytauto
Vytautui
Vytautą
Vytautu
Vytaute
Vytautai!

Vytautai
Vytautų
Vytautams
Vytautus
Vytautais
Vytautuose
Vytautai!

pavojinga (dangerous f sg)
pavojingos
pavojingai
pavojin
pavojinga
pavojingoje
pavojinga...

pavojingos (dangerous f pl)
pavojin
pavojingoms
pavojingas
pavojingomis
pavojingose
pavojingos...

saulė (a sun)
saulės
saulei
sau
saule
saulėje
saule!

saulės (suns)
saulių
saulėms
saules
saulėmis
saulėse
saulės!

Word Meaning
lempa lamp
pieštukas pencil
kambarys room
stalas table
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