cirslis
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Derived from cirst (“to cut, to hew, to chop”), from Proto-Baltic *kir-, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kr̥- (“to cut”). The semantic evolution was probably “to cut” > “to chop”, also “to gnaw, to bite, to pierce”, whence cirslis “gnawer”. Cognates include Lithuanian kar̃stas, kertùkas, kirstukas, Ukrainian черте́ц (čertéc).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cirslis m (2nd declension)
- shrew (mammal sp.)
- ūdens cirslis ― water shrew
- mazais cirslis ― small shrew
- ciršļa ala ― shrew burrow
Declension edit
Declension of cirslis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | cirslis | ciršļi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | cirsli | ciršļus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ciršļa | ciršļu |
| dative (datīvs) | cirslim | ciršļiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | cirsli | ciršļiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | cirslī | ciršļos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | cirsli | ciršļi |
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “cirslis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN