resns

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as rets (“thin, rare, scarce”) (q.v.), with adjectival derivation: *ret-snas > resns. Maybe originally used of trees: rare, sparse trees, separate from others, tend to be thick; this sense could then be generalized to other tree-like objects. A different opinion is that resns is related to Old High German risi (“giant”), Old Church Slavonic редъ (redŭ, “food”), and perhaps, via metathesis, with Latvian vērsis (“ox”); but the Lithuanian cognate suggests that the original meaning of this word was “stout,” “strongly built,” not “well fed.” Cognates include Lithuanian rẽsnas (“squat, strong, stout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ræsns]

Adjective

resns (definite resnais, comparative resnāks, superlative visresnākais, adverb resni)

1. (of cylindrical objects) thick (having a relatively large cross-section)

   resni baļķi ― thick logs

   resns zīmulis ― thick, stubby pencil

   resns stumbrs ― thick, stout trunk

   resna virtuve, stieple, caurule ― thick rope, wire, tube

   resni diegi ― thick thread

   resnas adatas ― thick needles

   resnā zarna ― colon (lit. thick intestine)

2. (of people, animals, body parts) fat, overweight

   resns vīrs ― fat man

   resns vēders ― fat belly

   resna tirgus sieva ― fat market woman, lady

   resns sivēns ― fat piglet

3. (colloquial, of sounds) having a low timbre

   Jaņuka resnā balss ― Jaņuks' thick voice

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of resns

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	resns	resni		resna	resnas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	resnu	resnus		resnu	resnas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	resna	resnu		resnas	resnu
dative (datīvs)	resnam	resniem		resnai	resnām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	resnu	resniem		resnu	resnām
locative (lokatīvs)	resnā	resnos		resnā	resnās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Synonyms

• (of leaf- or wall-like objects): biezs
• (of people): tukls

Antonyms

• tievs
• slaids, slaiks

Derived terms

• resnums