alksnis

See also: Alksnis

Latvian

Alkšņi

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) elksnis

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *el(i)sni̯a, *al(i)sni̯a (with an epenthetic k between the l and the s), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- with a suffix -nyo, from the root *el-, *ol-, *h₂él- “reddish brown color.” Cognates include Lithuanian al̃ksnis, dialectal el̃ksnis, Old Prussian abskande (= [aliskande] < *al(i)skands < *al(i)skans < *al(i)skṇs < *al(i)ksnas), Proto-Slavic *elьxa < *elisā (Russian ольха́ (olʹxá), Belarusian во́льха (vólʹxa), Ukrainian ві́льха (vílʹxa), Bulgarian елха́ (elhá), Belarusian алёс (aljós, “alder grove, swampy place”)), Proto-Germanic *alizō, *alusō (Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*alisa), Old High German erila < *elira, German Erle), Latin alnus < *al(i)snos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [àlksnis]

• Audio (Riga):

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Noun

alksnis m (2nd declension)

1. alder (species of tree of the genus Alnus, esp. A. glutinosa or A. incana)

   alkšņa miza ― alder bark

   alkšņu spurdzes ― alder catkin

   alkšņu audze ― alder grove

   cirst alkšņus malkai ― to chop alders into firewood

   Māriņa beidza šūt savu alkšņu mizās krāsoto kleitu, ko ziemā bija noaudusi ― Māriņa finished sewing her dress, the color of alder bark, which she had woven (last) winter

Declension

Declension of alksnis (2nd declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	alksnis	alkšņi
genitive	alkšņa	alkšņu
dative	alksnim	alkšņiem
accusative	alksni	alkšņus
instrumental	alksni	alkšņiem
locative	alksnī	alkšņos
vocative	alksni	alkšņi

Derived terms

• alksnājs