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Brinklys

BRINKLỸS

Etymology

Perhaps the suffix -lys is a derivative of bri̇̀rnkti, briñkti „pursti, kilti; tinti, storėti; ilgai miegoti“, etc. (LKŽ I 1054), cf. pam̃pti: pamplỹs, pr̃šti: matchmaker, etc. i.e. ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Brinklienė / Brinklytė

Pronunciation

/bʲrʲɪŋ²ˈklʲiːs/

SOURCES

1. P. Skardžius, 1941, p. 167.