īgņa

See also: īgnā, īgna, and īgņā

Latvian edit

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

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

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

Usage notes edit

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.

Declension edit

Declension of īgņa (4th declension)

	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

Related terms edit

īgns
īgt