Priebalsinio kamieno daiktavardžiai uteniškių tarmėje = Consonante-stem nouns in Utena dialect

The article deals with the morphological problems of one of the Eastern Lithuanian (Utena) dialects. It investigates the fusion of consonante – stem nouns with the masculine declension a, a and the feminine declension , .The analysis shows that the fusion in the stem was influenced by the phonetic development of the dialect, the gender of the noun and the stress. The investigation and its results demonstrate the polarisation of case types according to genderVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij