masendzis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian мосендзъ (mosendz), from Old Polish mosiądz, from Proto-Slavic *mosędzь, from Old High German *massing, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Latin massa (“mass, bulk (of material)”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζᾰ (mâza, “lump, mass”). Doublet of mísingis.

Noun

mãsendzis m

1. (dialectal) brass (alloy)

   Synonyms: žálvaris, (dialectal) mísingis

Declension

Declension of mãsendzis

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	mãsendzis	mãsendziai
genitive (kilmininkas)	mãsendzio	mãsendzių
dative (naudininkas)	mãsendziui	mãsendziams
accusative (galininkas)	mãsendzį	masendziùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	masendziù	mãsendziais
locative (vietininkas)	mãsendzyje	mãsendziuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	mãsendzi	mãsendziai

Further reading

• Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “mãsendzis”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 714