spenys

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (teat, nipple). Compare Proto-Germanic *spenô (nipple), Ancient Greek στήνιον (stḗnion, breast, chest), Persian پستان (pestân, breast), Sanskrit स्तन (stána, female breast, nipple), Tocharian B päścane (pair of breasts).

Noun

spenỹs m (plural speniaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. (anatomy) (animal) teat
    • Glosbe English-Lithuanian Corpus :
      Robotas, automatizuotu būdu, šepetėliais nuvalo spenius.
      A robot, with automatic brushes, cleans the teats.

Declension

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