klons

Latvian

Klons

Klons

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) klonis

Etymology 1

From the same stem as the verb klāt (“to cover”) (q.v.); note that the iterative form klāstīt has an archaic variant klostīt, whence klons with o. Cognates include Lithuanian klúonas (“barn; threshing floor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klūōns]

(file)

Noun

klons m (1st declension)

1. barn floor, earthen floor, threshing floor (dense, smooth surface, typically consisting of compacted clay or earth; floor made of compacted clay, earth, cement, bricks)

   pagraba klons ― basement floor

   rijas klons ― barn floor

   virtuves, istabas klons ― kitchen, room floor

   gluds, bedrains klons ― smooth, bumpy floor

2. lower surface inside a bread oven

   klona maize ― floor bread (bread made on the lower surface of a bread oven)

Declension

Declension of klons (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	klons	kloni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	klonu	klonus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	klona	klonu
dative (datīvs)	klonam	kloniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	klonu	kloniem
locative (lokatīvs)	klonā	klonos
vocative (vokatīvs)	klon	kloni

Synonyms

• grīda
• (dialectal term) plāns

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English clone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klons]

(file)

• (by contamination with the native word) IPA^(key): [klūōns]

(file)

Noun

klons m (1st declension)

1. clone (a living organism that originated from a single vegetative cell of another organism)

   klonu izlase, selekcija ― clonal selection

Declension

Declension of klons (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	klons	kloni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	klonu	klonus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	klona	klonu
dative (datīvs)	klonam	kloniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	klonu	kloniem
locative (lokatīvs)	klonā	klonos
vocative (vokatīvs)	klon	kloni

Swedish

Noun

klons

1. definite genitive singular of klo.
2. indefinite genitive singular of klon.