taurs

Latvian

Taurs

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Cognates include Lithuanian taũras, Old Prussian tauris, Old Church Slavonic тоуръ (turŭ), Russian тур (tur, “aurochs”), Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Latin taurus (“bull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tàurs], IPA^(key): [tāūrs]

Noun

taurs m (1st declension)

1. aurochs (Bos primigenitus, the extinct ancestor of domestic cattle)

   vietvārdi pierāda, ka mūsu mežos kādreiz mituši tauri ― placenames show that there once lived aurochs in our forests

Declension

Declension of taurs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	taurs	tauri
accusative (akuzatīvs)	tauru	taurus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	taura	tauru
dative (datīvs)	tauram	tauriem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	tauru	tauriem
locative (lokatīvs)	taurā	tauros
vocative (vokatīvs)	taur	tauri