īgns

From the same stem as the verb īgt (“to be sullen, surly, angry”) with an extra suffix -n.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [îɡns]

īgns (definite īgnais, comparative īgnāks, superlative visīgnākais, adverb īgni)

1. morose, gloomy, sullen, surly, somewhat angry (who behaves in an unfriendly, unpleasant way, who is dissatisfied with something)

   būt vienmēr īgnam ― to be always sullen

   Andrejs bija kļuvis īgns un rupjš ― Andrejs had become surly and rude

2. which shows or reveals such feelings

   īgns skatiens ― surly look, petulant frown

   runāt īgnā balsī ― to speak in, with a surly, indignant voice

• īgņa
• īgt