īgņa

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See also: īgnā, īgna, and īgņā

Latvian

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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īgņa m or f (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

  1. person who is generally sullen, surly, angry
    liekas, esmu tavā prombūtnē kļuvis īsts īgņa; šovakar dusmās sarāju abus mūsu zēnusit seems that I have become a real growler in your absence; last night I lashed at both our boys

Usage notes

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The term īgņa is ambigenous. It is masculine when it refers to males and feminine when it refers to females. It is, however, always declined as a feminine noun, with the exception of its dative singular form, which is īgņam when it refers to a male and īgņai when it refers to a female.

Declension

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