valgus
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
valgus (not comparable)
- knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)
Derived terms edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From valge + -us. Cognate to Finnish valo (“light”) and Hungarian világ (“world”).
Noun edit
valgus (genitive valguse, partitive valgust)
Declension edit
Declension of valgus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | valgus | valgused | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | valguse | ||
genitive | valguste | ||
partitive | valgust | valguseid | |
illative | valgusesse | valgustesse valguseisse | |
inessive | valguses | valgustes valguseis | |
elative | valgusest | valgustest valguseist | |
allative | valgusele | valgustele valguseile | |
adessive | valgusel | valgustel valguseil | |
ablative | valguselt | valgustelt valguseilt | |
translative | valguseks | valgusteks valguseiks | |
terminative | valguseni | valgusteni | |
essive | valgusena | valgustena | |
abessive | valguseta | valgusteta | |
comitative | valgusega | valgustega |
Derived terms edit
French edit
Adjective edit
valgus (invariable)
Further reading edit
- “valgus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“I roll”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯al.ɡus/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈval.ɡus/, [ˈvälɡus]
Adjective edit
valgus (feminine valga, neuter valgum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | valgus | valga | valgum | valgī | valgae | valga | |
Genitive | valgī | valgae | valgī | valgōrum | valgārum | valgōrum | |
Dative | valgō | valgō | valgīs | ||||
Accusative | valgum | valgam | valgum | valgōs | valgās | valga | |
Ablative | valgō | valgā | valgō | valgīs | |||
Vocative | valge | valga | valgum | valgī | valgae | valga |
Coordinate terms edit
- (bow-legged): vārus (knock-kneed)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “valgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- valgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Latvian edit
Adjective edit
valgus
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
valgus n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of valgus (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) valgus | valgusul |
genitive/dative | (unui) valgus | valgusului |
vocative | valgusule |