aknas
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See also: aknās
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
aknas
Latvian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (dialectal forms) aknis
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Baltic *yeknā-, *yaknā-, from the genitive form *yekʷ-né-s of Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”), an old, n/r-alternating stem. Cognates include Lithuanian jẽknos, dialectal ãknos, Old Prussian lagno (apparently a misspelled iagno), Sanskrit यकृत् (yakṛt) (genitive यक्नः (yaknáḥ)) Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar) (genitive ἧπατος (hêpatos)), Latin iecur.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
aknas f pl (4th declension)
- (anatomy) liver (internal organ of humans and animals, gland that produces bile)
- aknu slimības ― liver diseases
- aknu uztūkums ― swelling of the liver
- aknu funkcijas ― liver functions
- kuņģa tuvumā ir aknas ar žultspūsli ― in the vicinity of the stomach are (situated) the liver with (= and) the gall bladder
- aknām ir izcila nozīme visdažādākos organisma vielmaiņas procesos ― the liver has great importance in a variety of metabolic processes in the body
- this organ of an animal, used as food
- ceptas, sautētas aknas ― fried, stewed liver
- aknu desa, pastēte ― liver sausage, pâté
- ļoti labs A vitamīna avots uzturā ir liellopu un cūku aknas, kā arī mencu aknu konservi ― a very good source of vitamin A in one's diet is cow and pig liver, as well as canned cod liver
Usage notes[edit]
The plural forms are always preferred. The singular forms apparently exist, according to published dictionaries, but seem to be mostly unattested.
Declension[edit]
Declension of aknas (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | — | aknas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | aknas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | aknu |
dative (datīvs) | — | aknām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | aknām |
locative (lokatīvs) | — | aknās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | aknas |
References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “aknas”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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