kurns
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrnas or *kúrˀnas. Compare Proto-Slavic *kъrnъ (“maimed”). Related to kur̃ls (“deaf”), Lithuanian kur̃čias (“deaf”) with different suffixes.[1]
Adjective
[edit]kurns (definite kurnais, no adverb)
- (rare) deaf
- Synonyms: kurls, nedzirdīgs
Usage notes
[edit]The related word kurls is the commonly used term for "deaf".
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kurns
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kurns | kurni | kurna | kurnas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kurnu | kurnus | kurnu | kurnas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kurna | kurnu | kurnas | kurnu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | kurnam | kurniem | kurnai | kurnām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kurnu | kurniem | kurnu | kurnām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | kurnā | kurnos | kurnā | kurnās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kurns”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540
Further reading
[edit]- kurns at tezaurs.lv