pūkains
Appearance
See also: puķains
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pūka (“fluff, down”) + -ains.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pūkains (definite pūkainais, comparative pūkaināks, superlative vispūkainākais, adverb pūkaini)
- (of fabric, cloth) fluffy, wooly
- pūkains lakats ― fluffy scarf
- pūkains paklājs ― fluffy carpet
- aust pūkainu segu ― to weave, sow a fluffy blanket
- pūkainas vilnas audums ― a fabric (made) of fluffy wool
- pūkaini, balti mākoņi ― fluffy, white clouds
- (of plants) fluffy, hairy (having little hairs or hair-like appendages)
- pūkainas lapas ― fluffy, hairy leaves
- firziķiem izauga sulīgi, pūkaini augļi ― the pear tree grew sappy, fluffy/hairy fruits
- (of animals) fluffy, downy (having fluff, down)
- pūkains kucēns ― fluffy puppy
- pūkains cālēns ― fluffy, downy little chick
- mazs pūkains zaķēniņš ― a little fluffy bunny
- (of fur, hair, feathers, or body parts covered by them) fluffy, soft
- melna, pūkaina bārdiņa ― black, fluffy beard
- pūkains zods ― fluffy chin (i.e., covered by fluffy hair)
- Tālivaldim bija mīksti, gari un pūkaini mati ― Tālivaldis had soft, long, fluffy hair
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of pūkains
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | pūkains | pūkaini | pūkaina | pūkainas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | pūkainu | pūkainus | pūkainu | pūkainas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | pūkaina | pūkainu | pūkainas | pūkainu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | pūkainam | pūkainiem | pūkainai | pūkainām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | pūkainu | pūkainiem | pūkainu | pūkainām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | pūkainā | pūkainos | pūkainā | pūkainās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||