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strazds

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Latvian

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Mājas strazds
Dziedātājstrazds

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *trazdas with an additional initial s-, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (thrush). In some Latvian dialects, the z was eliminated by dissimilation, yielding strads.

Cognates include Lithuanian strãzdas, dialectal strazdà, strazà, strãzas, Old Prussian tresde, Proto-Slavic *trozdъ, from *drozdъ (Russian, Bulgarian дрозд (drozd), Ukrainian дрізд (drizd), Czech drozd, dialectal drozda, zdrozda, drozen, Polish drozd), Proto-Germanic *þrau(d)-st-, *þrōst-, *þrast-ur (Old High German drōsca-, German Drossel, English throstle, Old Norse þrǭstr-, Norwegian trost, Swedish trast), Breton trask, draskl, tred, dred, Latin turdus (< *tr̥zdos) (Spanish tordo, Portuguese tordo, Italian tordo).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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strazds m (1st declension)

  1. starling, thrush, throstle (gregarious birds of the families Sturnidae and Turdidae; various species)
    strazdu dzimtathe starling family (Sturnidae)
    strazdu būrisa bird house (for starlings)
    mājas strazdscommon (lit. house) starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    sila strazdsmistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
    dziedātājstrazdssong thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “strazds”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN