Patterns of Morphological Integration of Slavic Loan Nouns in K. Sirvydas’s Promptuarium dictionum Polonicarum, Latinarum et Lituanicarum

Abstract

The article examines the morphological integration into the Lithuanian language of Slavic loan nouns in the dictionary Promptuarium dictionum Polonicarum, Latinarum et Lituanicarum (1620) by Konstantinas Sirvydas, as well as the relationship between the endings and gender of words in Slavic languages and the Lithuanian stems, into which Slavic loanwords were integrated. To achieve this goal, all Slavic-origin words were selected from the dictionary, hybrids were excluded, and the stems and meanings of the Slavic loanwords were identified. Equivalents of the loanwords were sought in dictionaries of Slavic languages of the relevant period, and by comparing Lithuanian and Slavic linguistic data, the patterns of the integration of Slavic loanwords into the Lithuanian morphological system in K. Sirvydas’ 1620 dictionary were established.