protas

Lithuanian

Protas

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian pràts (“mind, intellect”), Old Prussian prātin (“counsel”)[1]. Plausibly related to Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (“wise, cautious”), Latin pretium (“price”), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (“to understand, interpret”)[2]. Cf. pràsti (“to acquire a habit, understand”), and see Latvian prast for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈproːtas/

Noun

prõtas m (plural prõtai) stress pattern 2[3]

  1. mind
  2. intelligence[4]

Declension

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • beprotybė f

(Adjectives)

(Verbs)

(Nouns)

  • prasmė f

See also

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “protas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
  2. “protas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Spanish

Noun

protas

  1. plural of prota
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