īkšķis

Latvian[edit]

Cognate with Lithuanian nykštys, Old Prussian instixs. See the Lithuanian term for details.

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īkšķis m (2nd declension)

(anatomy) thumb (short, thick, opposable finger)
part of a glove that covers the thumb
pieadīt cimdam īkšķi ― to add a thumb to a glove

Declension of īkšķis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	īkšķis	īkšķi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	īkšķi	īkšķus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	īkšķa	īkšķu
dative (datīvs)	īkšķim	īkšķiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	īkšķi	īkšķiem
locative (lokatīvs)	īkšķī	īkšķos
vocative (vokatīvs)	īkšķi	īkšķi