knaš

See also: knäs and knas

Livonian

Etymology

Either from dialectal Latvian knasts (“snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking”) or knašs (“quick, swift”). See etymology at Latvian knašs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knɑʃː/

Adjective

knaš (comp. jo knaš (vel jo knaš), sup. amā knaš)

1. beautiful, handsome, attractive
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     knaš neitst

     beautiful girl

     ta um knaš nei ku bīlda

     he is beautiful, handsome as a picture

2. nice
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     rovz vȯdlõbõd knaššõ aigõ

     people are waiting for nice weather

3. (figuratively) nice, pretty
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     knaš rō

     pretty, hefty [sum of] money

Declension

Declension of knaš

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	knaš	knašīd
genitive (genitīv)	knaš	knašīd
partitive (partitīv)	knaššõ	knašīdi
dative (datīv)	knaššõn	knašīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	knaššõks	knašīdõks
illative (illatīv)	knaššõ	knašīz
inessive (inesīv)	knaššõs	knašīs
elative (elatīv)	knaššõst	knašīst

See also

• äbknaš