vilks

See also: Vilks

Latvian

Vilks

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. The word would originally have been a descriptive nickname ('the killer, the plunderer, the destroyer'), the original name having perhaps become a taboo word. Note that similarly formed nicknames for “wolf” still occur in modern Latvian: pelēcis (“gray one”), mežainis (“forest one”), mežavīrs (“forest man”), vecbrālis (“old brother”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vìlks]

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Noun

vilks m (1st declension)

1. wolf (esp. Canis lupus)

   pelēkais vilks ― gray wolf

   vilka midzenis ― wolf's lair

   vilku bars ― a pack of wolves

   vilks gaudo, kauc ― the wolf howls

   vilku kaucieni ― wolf howls

   medīt vilkus ― to hunt wolves

   izsalcis kā vilks ― hungry as a wolf

Declension

Declension of vilks (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	vilks	vilki
accusative (akuzatīvs)	vilku	vilkus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	vilka	vilku
dative (datīvs)	vilkam	vilkiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	vilku	vilkiem
locative (lokatīvs)	vilkā	vilkos
vocative (vokatīvs)	vilk	vilki

Derived terms

• vilcene
• vilcēns
• vilku mēnesis

Verb

vilks

1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of vilkt

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪlks̪]

Verb

vil̃ks

1. third-person singular future of vilkti
2. third-person plural future of vilkti