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From the root of álkti (“to be hungry”) (compare Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“sore, ulcer”)), cognate with Latvian al̂kt, Proto-Slavic *olkati.[1]

al̃kis m (plural al̃kiai) stress pattern 2

  1. hunger
    Synonyms: išalkimas, badas (“hunger; famine”)
    Antonym: sotis
  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “alkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 51
  • “alkis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • “alkis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

Clipping of alkoholist +‎ -is.

IPA(key): [ˈä̌lːkɪs]

alkis c

  1. (colloquial) an alcoholic
    Synonym: alkoholist