valgus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valgus.

Adjective

valgus (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• hallux valgus
• talipes valgus

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

valgus (genitive valguse, partitive valgust)

1. light

Declension

Declension of valgus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	valgus	valgused
accusative	valguse	valgused
genitive	valguse	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

Derived terms

• valgusfoor
• valguskiir
• valgustama

 

French

Adjective

valgus (invariable)

1. knock-kneed

Further reading

• “valgus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯al.ɡus/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈval.ɡus/, [ˈvälɡus]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

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		valgō		valgīs
Accusative	valgum	valgam	valgum		valgōs	valgās	valga
Ablative	valgō	valgā	valgō		valgīs
Vocative	valge	valga	valgum		valgī	valgae	valga

Coordinate terms

• (bow-legged): vārus (knock-kneed)

Derived terms

• Valgius
• Valgus

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: valg
• → English: valgus

References

• “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

Adjective

valgus

1. accusative plural masculine of valgs

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French valgus.

Noun

valgus n (uncountable)

1. valgus

Declension

declension of valgus (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) valgus	valgusul
genitive/dative	(unui) valgus	valgusului
vocative	valgusule