brūns

See also: bruns, Bruns, and brüns

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German brūn and (perhaps) Middle Dutch bruun.

This term was probably introduced in the 15th century, together with brown-colored clothes, very appreciated at the time. It is, however, not mentioned in dictionaries until the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century (some sources claim that brown-colored clothes were not frequent in Latvia until the 18th century). Previously, the notion of brown color was expressed only with ruds (for hair, eyes) and bērs (for horses).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɾūns]

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Adjective

Brūns

brūns (definite brūnais, comparative brūnāks, superlative visbrūnākais, adverb brūni)

1. brown (having the color of, e.g., chocolate, or of the ground coffee)

   tumši, gaiši brūns ― dark, light brown

   brūns galds ― brown table

   brūni mati ― brown hair

   brūnas acis ― brown eyes

   brūna krāsa ― brown color

   brūnais lācis ― brown bear

   saulē iedegusi, brūna seja ― sun-tanned, brown face

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of brūns

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	brūns	brūni		brūna	brūnas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	brūnu	brūnus		brūnu	brūnas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	brūna	brūnu		brūnas	brūnu
dative (datīvs)	brūnam	brūniem		brūnai	brūnām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	brūnu	brūniem		brūnu	brūnām
locative (lokatīvs)	brūnā	brūnos		brūnā	brūnās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Synonyms

• bērs
• ruds

Derived terms

• brūnums
• iebrūns, brūngans, brūnīgs
• sarkanbrūns

Related terms

• brūnis

See also

Colors in Latvian · krāsas (layout · text)

balts	pelēks	melns
sarkans, sārts	oranžs; brūns	dzeltens
	zaļš
zilzaļš, ciāns		zils
violets; zilganviolets, indigo	fuksīns; violets	rozā

• bēris