strazds

Latvian

Mājas strazds

Dziedātājstrazds

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) strads

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *trazdas with an additional initial s-, from Proto-Indo-European *trozdos (“thrush”). In some Latvian dialects, the z was eliminated by dissimilation, yielding strads. Cognates include Lithuanian strãzdas, dialectal strazdà, strazà, strãzas, Old Prussian tresde, Proto-Slavic *drozdъ < *trozdъ (Russian, Bulgarian дрозд, Ukrainian дрізд, Czech drozd, dialectal drozda, zdrozda, drozen, Polish drozd), Proto-Germanic *þrau(d)-st-, *þrōst-, *þrast-ur (Old High German drōsca-, German Drossel, English throstle, Old Norse þrǭstr-, Norwegian trost, Swedish trast), Breton trask, draskl, tred, dred, Latin turdus (< *tr̥zdos) (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian tordo).

Pronunciation

Noun

strazds m, 1st declension

1. starling, thrush, throstle (gregarious birds of fam. Sturnidae and Turidae; various species)

   strazdu dzimta — the starling family (Sturnidae)

   strazdu būris — a bird house (for starlings)

   mājas strazds — common (lit. house) starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

   sila strazds — mistle thrush {Turdus viscivorus)

   dziedātājstrazds — song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Declension

declension of strazds

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	strazds	strazdi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	strazdu	strazdus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	strazda	strazdu
dative (datīvs)	strazdam	strazdiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	strazdu	strazdiem
locative (lokatīvs)	strazdā	strazdos
vocative (vokatīvs)	strazd	strazdi

Derived terms

• dziedātājstrazds
• mājas strazds
• melnais mežastrazds, melnais meža strazds, melnais strazds
• pelēkais strazds
• sila strazds
• strazdiene

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