kurns
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrnas or *kúrˀnas. Compare Proto-Slavic *kъrnъ (“maimed”). Related to kur̃ls (“deaf”), Lithuanian kur̃čias (“deaf”) with different suffixes.[1]
Adjective edit
kurns (definite kurnais, no adverb)
- (rare) deaf
- Synonyms: kurls, nedzirdīgs
Usage notes edit
The related word kurls is the commonly used term for "deaf".
Declension edit
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kurns
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | kurns | kurni | kurna | kurnas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | kurnu | kurnus | kurnu | kurnas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | kurna | kurnu | kurnas | kurnu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | kurnam | kurniem | kurnai | kurnām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | kurnu | kurniem | kurnu | kurnām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | kurnā | kurnos | kurnā | kurnās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kurns”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540
Further reading edit
- kurns at tezaurs.lv