advernykas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish odźwiernik. Taken by folk etymology to be derived from adverija (“doorway”), which is a loanword from Belarusian and only distantly related.

Noun

advernykas m (archaic)

1. doorman, porter, door guard

Declension

Declension of advernykas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	advernykas	advernykai
genitive (kilmininkas)	advernyko	advernykų
dative (naudininkas)	advernykui	advernykams
accusative (galininkas)	advernyką	advernykus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	advernyku	advernykais
locative (vietininkas)	advernyke	advernykuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	advernyke	advernykai

Further reading

• Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “advernykas”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 5-6