kišenė

See also: kišene and kišenę

Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Belarusian кішэ́нь (kišénʹ), Polish kieszeń.

Noun

kišẽnė f (plural kišẽnės) stress pattern 2

  1. pocket (pouch in clothing for storing items)
    striukės kišenė ― jacket pocket
  2. pocket (one's resources, income, means)
    mokėti iš savo kišenės ― to pay out of one's own pocket
  3. pocket (pouch-like part of another object)
    lagamino kišenė ― suitcase pocket
  4. (billiards) pocket (hole into which balls are to be hit)
    kamuoliukas įkrito į kišenę ― the ball fell into the pocket

Declension

Descendants

  • → Belarusian: кішэ́нь (kišénʹ), kiszeń, kišeń
    • → Polish: kieszeń
  • → Yiddish: קעשענע (keshene)

Further reading

  • “kišenė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “kišenė”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
  • “kišenė”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
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