kruosa

Latgalian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic краса (krasa, “beauty”). Cognate with Latvian krāsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrùɔ̯sa]
• Hyphenation: kruo‧sa

Noun

kruosa f

1. colour

Declension

Declension of kruosa (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	kruosa	kruosys, kruosas1)
genitive	kruosys, kruosas1)	kruosu
dative	kruosai	kruosom
accusative	kruosu	kruosys, kruosas1)
instrumental	kruosu	kruosom
locative	kruosā	kruosuos
vocative	kruosa, kruos	kruosys, kruosas1)

¹⁾ dialectal

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 13