aknas
See also: aknās
Estonian edit
Noun edit
aknas
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
- (dialectal forms) aknis
Etymology edit
From Proto-Baltic *yeknā-, *yaknā-, from the genitive form *yekʷ-né-s of Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”), an old, n/r-alternating stem. Cognates include Lithuanian jẽknos, dialectal ãknos, Old Prussian lagno (apparently a misspelled iagno), Sanskrit यकृत् (yakṛt) (genitive यक्नः (yaknáḥ)) Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar) (genitive ἧπατος (hêpatos)), Latin iecur.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
aknas f pl (4th declension)
- (anatomy) liver (internal organ of humans and animals, gland that produces bile)
- aknu slimības ― liver diseases
- aknu uztūkums ― swelling of the liver
- aknu funkcijas ― liver functions
- kuņģa tuvumā ir aknas ar žultspūsli ― in the vicinity of the stomach are (situated) the liver with (= and) the gall bladder
- aknām ir izcila nozīme visdažādākos organisma vielmaiņas procesos ― the liver has great importance in a variety of metabolic processes in the body
- this organ of an animal, used as food
- ceptas, sautētas aknas ― fried, stewed liver
- aknu desa, pastēte ― liver sausage, pâté
- ļoti labs A vitamīna avots uzturā ir liellopu un cūku aknas, kā arī mencu aknu konservi ― a very good source of vitamin A in one's diet is cow and pig liver, as well as canned cod liver
Usage notes edit
The plural forms are always preferred. The singular forms apparently exist, according to published dictionaries, but seem to be mostly unattested.
Declension edit
Declension of aknas (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | — | aknas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | aknas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | aknu |
dative (datīvs) | — | aknām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | aknām |
locative (lokatīvs) | — | aknās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | aknas |
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “aknas”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN