No. 39 in Lithuanian

tūkst

The Lithuanian word "tūkst." is an abbreviation for "tūkstantis," meaning "thousand" in English.

In a sentence

Bibliotekoje yra ten tūkst knygų.
There are thousand books in the library.
Used as an abbreviation for 'tūkstantis', meaning 'thousand'.
Tūkst kiek buvai tolokas nuo tiesos.
You were somewhat far from the truth.
Here used metaphorically to emphasize a large distance or degree away.
Šių metų tūkst susitikimas įvyks Vilniuje.
This year’s thousandth meeting will take place in Vilnius.
Indicating ordinal form to signify sequence or count number.

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