Kuldīg

Livonian

Etymology

Apparently from Latvian Kuldīga. According to Karulis possibly ultimately from the iterative form of kult (“to beat (eggs, etc.), thrash”) – kuldīt whence kuldīgs (“thrashing around, turbulent (of waters)”), the German Goldingen possibly from an earlier version *Kuldinga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuldiːɡ/

Proper noun

Kuldīg

1. Kuldīga (a town in Courland, Latvia)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     Kuldīg – Kuldīga – Kuldīga

     Kuldīga – Kuldīga – Kuldīga

Declension

Declension of Kuldīg (157)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	Kuldīg	–
genitive (genitīv)	Kuldīg	–
partitive (partitīv)	Kuldīgt	–
dative (datīv)	Kuldīgõn	–
instrumental (instrumentāl)	Kuldīgõks	–
illative (illatīv)	Kuldīgõ	–
inessive (inesīv)	Kuldīgõs Kuldīgs	–
elative (elatīv)	Kuldīgõst Kuldīgst	–