Palatalisation d > dž, t > č
20 October 2013 by Pigmalijonas
Now that you are introduced to most of the endings, we can learn one more important thing.
Pay attention to nouns which end in is, ys and ė and which have the letter d or t before these endings. For example:
laikrodis (a clock)
gaidys (a rooster)
kėdė (a chair)
amerikietis (an American)
žaltys (a grass-snake)
katė (a cat)
In some cases, these nouns change their d and t into dž and č. These cases are highlighted in the blue table below.
Let's decline the given words to see how this change looks:
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laikrodis laikrodžiai |
gaidys gaidžiai |
kėdė kėdės |
amerikietis amerikiečiai |
žaltys žalčiai |
katė katės |
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