Collections and Places: -ynas

Groves and Stands in -ynas

Level 6

Beržynas is a birch grove, from beržas, a birch tree.

How It Works

Trees and plants. Common words include beržynas, birch grove; pušynas, pine forest; and ąžuolynas, oak grove.

Beyond plants. The suffix is not restricted to forests. Knygynas means bookshop and žodynas dictionary. Their meanings are established words, not a promise that any noun plus -ynas gives a usable place name.

Cases. Compare pušynas, pušyno, pušyną, pušyne. Use the locative for being in it and į with the accusative for movement into it.

Examples (4)

Už kaimo auga beržynas.
A birch grove grows beyond the village.
Vaikštome pušyne.
We are walking in a pine forest.
Ėjome į ąžuolyną.
We walked into the oak grove.
Mieste atsidarė naujas knygynas.
A new bookshop opened in the town.

Common Mistakes

Using the nominative when saying in the pine forest.
Vaikštome pušynas.
Vaikštome pušyne.
Use locative pušyne for the place where we walk.

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Collections and Places: -ynasLevel 6Groves and Stands in -ynas

Learn This First

The suffix -ynas forms masculine nouns for collections or places characterized by a kind of thing.

First Declension: -as, -is, -ysThe First Declension
Know the ordinary -as noun declension used by these derived nouns.
Level 2

Words in This Pattern

beržynasberžas

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