alksnis
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See also: Alksnis
Latvian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (dialectal) elksnis
Etymology[edit]
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.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
alksnis m (2nd declension)
- 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[edit]
Declension of alksnis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | alksnis | alkšņi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | alksni | alkšņus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | alkšņa | alkšņu |
dative (datīvs) | alksnim | alkšņiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | alksni | alkšņiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | alksnī | alkšņos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | alksni | alkšņi |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “alksnis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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