Kuldīg
Livonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kuldīg
- 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
- Kuldīg – Kuldīga – Kuldīga
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
[edit]| 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 |
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