īgņa

See also īgņā

Latvian

Pronunciation

Adjective

īgņa m or f, 4th declension (irregular gender, dative singular)

1. person who is generally sullen, surly, angry

   liekas, esmu tavā prombūtnē kļuvis īsts īgņa; šovakar dusmās sarāju abus mūsu zēnus — it seems that I have become a real growler in your absence; last night I lashed at both our boys

Declension

declension of īgņa

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	īgņa	īgņas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	īgņu	īgņas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	īgņas	īgņu
dative (datīvs)	īgņam, īgņai	īgņām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	īgņu	īgņām
locative (lokatīvs)	īgņā	īgņās
vocative (vokatīvs)	īgņa	īgņas

Usage notes

The term īgņa is ambigenous. It is masculine when it refers to males and feminine when it refers to females. It is, however, always declined as a feminine noun, with the exception of its dative singular form, which is īgņam when it refers to a male and īgņai when it refers to a female.

Related terms

• īgns
• īgt