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mė͂na m ''(6th declension)''
mė͂na m ''(6th declension)''
#moon (the largest satellite of the Earth)
#moon (the largest satellite of the Earth)
#: '''mėnesy''' aztimva - '''lunar''' eclipse
#: {{n-g|'mėnesy''' aztimva - '''lunar'}} eclipse
#: '''mėnesy''' fazo - '''moon''' phases
#: {{n-g|'mėnesy''' fazo - '''moon'}} phases
#(astronomy) moon, natural satellite (of another planet)
#(astronomy) moon, natural satellite (of another planet)
#: '''mėna''' Saturno - a moon of Saturn
#: {{n-g|'mėna'}} Saturno - a moon of Saturn
===Declension===
===Declension===
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{{Pm-noun-s-n-C1|mėn|mė͂n|}}

Latest revision as of 17:03, 7 May 2026

Pomorian

Alternative forms

mę̄ši - in Ežerina and some Eastern dialects.

mėneši - in Southern and Central dialects.

Etymology

From Old Pomorian mēns/mēnans. Proto-Balto-Slavic *meˀns; compare with Old Prussian mēniks, Lithuanian mėnuo, Latvian mēness, Proto-Slavic *měsęcь (from earlier mēsenkan). From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s; compare with Latin mēnsis, Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), Sanskrit मास (māsa) and Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”).

Pronunciation

/ˈmêː.nɑ/

Noun

mė͂na m (6th declension)

  1. moon (the largest satellite of the Earth)
    'mėnesy aztimva - lunar' eclipse
    'mėnesy fazo - moon' phases
  2. (astronomy) moon, natural satellite (of another planet)
    'mėna' Saturno - a moon of Saturn

Declension


Derived termes

mėnesine - lunar
mėneskalendare - lunar calendar
naujamėna - new moon (entirely invisible)
vetuhamėna - old moon (visible only as a thin crescent oriented towards the sun)
mėnasvėte - moonlight