trusis

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See also: trušis

Latin

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Participle

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trūsīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of trūsus

Latvian

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 trusis on Latvian Wikipedia
Trusis

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Belarusian трусь (trusʹ), or perhaps from Polish truś. This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries as truš, trušs, later (18th–19th centuries) in competition with other borrowings (kraliņš from Russian кролик (krolik) or kaninķenis, kaninķins from German Kaninchen). In the 19th century, the most frequent forms were trusis and trušis, also truše; only in the 20th century did the current form become dominant.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trusis m (2nd declension)

  1. rabbit (esp. Oryctolagus cuniculus)
    mājas trusisdomestic rabbit
    savvaļas trusiswild rabbit
    trušu vilarabbit fur
    trušu ādarabbit skin, leather

Usage notes

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In English, rabbit is the preferred word when one does not want to distinguish rabbits from hares; in Latvian, zaķis (hare) is preferred, and trusis (rabbit) is less frequent. (Note that the Latvian Easter Bunny is in fact the Easter Hare.)

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “trusis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN