brūns
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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).[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
brūns (definite brūnais, comparative brūnāks, superlative visbrūnākais, adverb brūni)
- 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 edit
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of brūns
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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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 edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
balts | pelēks | melns |
sarkans, sārts | oranžs; brūns | dzeltens |
zaļš | ||
zilzaļš, ciāns | zils | |
violets; zilganviolets, indigo | fuksīns; violets | rozā |
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “brūns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN