tukls

Latvian

Etymology

Derived from tukt (“to swell, to become thick, fat”), a dialectal variant of tūkt (“to swell”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian tuklùs (“quickly fattened; fat, stout; overweight”).

Adjective

tukls (definite tuklais, comparative tuklāks, superlative vistuklākais, adverb tukli)

1. (of people, animals, body parts) fat, chubby, plump, corpulent (having a relatively thick layer of fat)

   tukls cilvēks ― fat, corpulent person

   tukli vaigi, pirksti ― fat cheecks, fingers

   tukls sivēns ― fat piglet

   pa laukiem skraidīja tuklās lauku peles ― through the fields ran fat field mice

Declension

Indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of tukls

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	tukls	tukli		tukla	tuklas
genitive	tukla	tuklu		tuklas	tuklu
dative	tuklam	tukliem		tuklai	tuklām
accusative	tuklu	tuklus		tuklu	tuklas
instrumental	tuklu	tukliem		tuklu	tuklām
locative	tuklā	tuklos		tuklā	tuklās
vocative	—	—		—	—

Synonyms

• resns

Antonyms

• tievs
• slaids, slaiks

Derived terms

• tuklība
• tuklums