stirna
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śírˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-néh₂, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”), with an extra -n (from which also German Horn, English horn, Latin cornū and also cervus (“deer”)), which yielded Latvian archaic sirna.
The presence of a t has given rise to various explanations: st- < *ts-; metathesis (sirna > *srina) with t epenthesis; contamination or influence from some other animal name, e.g., taurs; borrowing from a Slavic language with changes to conform to Baltic pronunciation. More recently, it has been suggested that stirna might come from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“red, pink”) in the reduced grade *sr̥-no-, causing t epenthesis in Baltic. Cognates include Lithuanian stìrna, Old Prussian sirwis, Proto-Slavic *sьrna.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stirna f (4th declension)
- roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
- stirnu āzis, stirnuāzis, stirnāzis ― male roe deer
- stirnu buks ― male roe deer
- stirnu kaza, mātīte ― female roe deer
- stirnu mazulis ― baby roe deer, fawn (syn. stirnēns)
- stirnas pašlaik aizliegts medīt ― roe deer hunting is now prohibited
- meitene viegla kā stirna ― a girl as light as a roe deer
Declension edit
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singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | stirna | stirnas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | stirnu | stirnas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | stirnas | stirnu |
dative (datīvs) | stirnai | stirnām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | stirnu | stirnām |
locative (lokatīvs) | stirnā | stirnās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | stirna | stirnas |
Derived terms edit
References edit
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śírˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-néh₂, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”), with an extra -n (from which also German Horn, English horn, Latin cornū and also cervus (“deer”)).
More recently, it has been suggested that stirna might come from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“red, pink”) in the reduced grade *sr̥-no-, causing t epenthesis in Baltic. Cognates include stirna, Old Prussian sirwis, Proto-Slavic *sьrna.
Noun edit
stìrna f stress pattern 1
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *stirniju.
Noun edit
stirna m