Lūž

See also: luz, Luz, and luź

Livonian

Etymology

Kersti Boiko suggests the Latvian name Lūžņa as the source of the Livonian name. Compare dialectal lūžņa (“a place where trees have been felled by wind”) from the verb lūzt (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːʒ/

Proper noun

Lū'ž

1. Lūžņa (a village in Latvia)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     Lūž – Lūž – Lūžņa

     Lūžņa – Lūžņa – Lūžņa

Declension

Declension of Lūž (145)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	Lūž	–
genitive (genitīv)	Lūž	–
partitive (partitīv)	Lūžõ	–
dative (datīv)	Lūžõn	–
instrumental (instrumentāl)	Lūžõks	–
illative (illatīv)	Lūžõ	–
inessive (inesīv)	Lūžõs	–
elative (elatīv)	Lūžõst	–