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dūre

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Pokorny considers a relationship with the verb durt (to poke, thrust), also comparing Proto-Celtic *durnos (fist).[1]

Noun

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dūre f (5th declension)

  1. fist

Declension

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Declension of dūre (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative dūre dūres
genitive dūres dūru
dative dūrei dūrēm
accusative dūri dūres
instrumental dūri dūrēm
locative dūrē dūrēs
vocative dūre dūres

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “203”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 203