valgus

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin valgus.

Adjective

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valgus (not comparable)

  1. knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From valge +‎ -us. Cognate to Finnish valo (light) and Hungarian világ (world).

Noun

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valgus (genitive valguse, partitive valgust)

  1. light

Declension

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Declension of valgus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative valgus valgused
accusative nom.
gen. valguse
genitive valguste
partitive valgust valguseid
illative valgusesse valgustesse
valguseisse
inessive valguses valgustes
valguseis
elative valgusest valgustest
valguseist
allative valgusele valgustele
valguseile
adessive valgusel valgustel
valguseil
ablative valguselt valgustelt
valguseilt
translative valguseks valgusteks
valguseiks
terminative valguseni valgusteni
essive valgusena valgustena
abessive valguseta valgusteta
comitative valgusega valgustega

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French

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Adjective

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valgus (invariable)

  1. knock-kneed

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (to turn, wind, roll). Cognate with Latin volvō (I roll).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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valgus (feminine valga, neuter valgum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. bent out
  2. bow-legged, bandy
  3. (figurative) wry, sarcastic

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative valgus valga valgum valgī valgae valga
Genitive valgī valgae valgī valgōrum valgārum valgōrum
Dative valgō valgae valgō valgīs
Accusative valgum valgam valgum valgōs valgās valga
Ablative valgō valgā valgō valgīs
Vocative valge valga valgum valgī valgae valga

Coordinate terms

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  • (bow-legged): vārus (knock-kneed)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: valg
  • English: valgus
  • Translingual: Valgus

References

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  • valgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • valgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

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Adjective

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valgus

  1. accusative plural masculine of valgs

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French valgus.

Noun

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valgus n (uncountable)

  1. valgus

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