Algimantas

Lithuanian

Etymology

(Baltic origin:) Composed of the two stems algà (“salary”) +‎ mantà (“property”). Archaically akin to Lithuanian Algimundas.

(Germanic origin:) Some Germanist scholars who study Baltic onomastics, especially Raymond Schmittlein, claimed that the name Algimantas and its Slavic cognates are of Gothic origin and that they are composed of 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs, “holy temple”) +‎ 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (munds, “power of mind, aspiration”) (cognated to German Algimund / Alhmund). This perspective disputes analyses that construct the name solely from Balto-Slavic onomastics.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Algi̇̀mantas m (feminine Algimantė, diminutive Algis) stress pattern 1

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Algi̇̀mantas
nominative Algi̇̀mantas
genitive Algi̇̀manto
dative Algi̇̀mantui
accusative Algi̇̀mantą
instrumental Algi̇̀mantu
locative Algi̇̀mante
vocative Algi̇̀mantai

References

  1. ^ Schmittlein R. Toponymes finnois et germaniques en Lituanie // Revue internationale d’onomastique. Nr. 2, 1948. P. 102.

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