Message
Some of
the rules are (for the masculine gender):
-or ->
-orius
-er ->
-eris
-Vj
(sometimes -Vi) -> -Vjus, but -ij -> -is in
Slavic names.
other -VC
-> -VCas
So, eg,
<Sergejus Tarasovas>, <Piotras Ga,siorowskis>.
Nouns of the
feminine gender in -C are (mostly) not Lithuanized at
all.
The rules
for -V are more quirky...
(eg., -a
-> -a, -e -> -ė, -i/-y -> -is (masculine), ->-i (feminine), -o
(masc.) -> (most likely) -as, so <Joao'as>, but it may also depend on
the actual original pronunciation...).
Sergei
-----Original Message-----
From:
Joao [mailto:josimo70@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
2:41 PM
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [tied]
"Lithuanianizing" rules
I saw a Lithuanian site where actors Edward
Norton and Ben Stiller are writen Edwardas Nortonas and Benas Stilleris.
What's the rule? Why Norton turns into Norton-as, and Stiller into
Stiller-is?