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ņiprs

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ņiprs (definite ņiprais, comparative ņiprāks, superlative visņiprākais, adverb ņipri)

  1. nimble, brisk, agile; healthy, physically well developed; mobile, active; jolly, jaunty
    ņiprs puikabrisk boy
    ņipras kustībasbrisk movements
    ņipras acisbrisk eyes
    ņipras rokasstrong, agile arms, hands
    pensionāre vēl tagad pilna ar pulveri; tiešām ugunīga, tāda kaulaina, bet ņiprathe retired (late) is still (despite her age) full of powder (= active); really fiery, a little scrawny, but nimble, brisk
    kājas vecajai kalēja Dārtai ņipras kā jaunai skuķeithe legs of the blacksmith's old Dārta (= wife's name) (are) nimble, agile like those of a young woman

Declension

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Indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of ņiprs
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular plural singular plural
nominative ņiprs ņipri ņipra ņipras
genitive ņipra ņipru ņipras ņipru
dative ņipram ņipriem ņiprai ņiprām
accusative ņipru ņiprus ņipru ņipras
instrumental ņipru ņipriem ņipru ņiprām
locative ņiprā ņipros ņiprā ņiprās
vocative

Synonyms

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