knašs
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Baltic *knas- (which, with *-yos, yields *knaš-yos > knašs), from Proto-Indo-European *kn-es-, *kn-os-, from the zero grade of *ken- (“to try, to hurry, to move”). A different hypothesis is that knašs might originally result from methatesis on nasks (q.v.). A third possibility is that it was a borrowing from Baltic German knasch (“hurried, quick, agile”), although it is also quite possible that knasch was borrowed from Latvian knašs, since it was only found in Baltic varieties of German. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐγκονέω (enkonéō, “to hurry, to be quick and active”), Latin cōnor (“to try, to attempt”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
knašs (definite knašais, comparative knašāks, superlative visknašākais, adverb knaši)
- quick, fast, swift; also, agile
- knaša meitene ― swift, quick girl
- knašs zēns ― swift, quck boy
- iet knašiem soļiem ― to go with quick, swift steps
- saskubintās knašam riksim, zirgs drīz vien mēgināja pāriet gausākā solī ― spurred into a quick canter, the horse soon tried to shift to a slower pace
Declension edit
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of knašs
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | knašs | knaši | knaša | knašas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | knašu | knašus | knašu | knašas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | knaša | knašu | knašas | knašu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | knašam | knašiem | knašai | knašām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | knašu | knašiem | knašu | knašām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | knašā | knašos | knašā | knašās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “knašs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN