knābis
Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as the verb knābt (“to peck”), made into a masculine 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [knàːbis]
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Noun
knābis m (2nd declension)
- (anatomy) beak, bill (rigid structure on the mouth of a bird, used for pecking, grooming, eating, etc.)
- līks knābis ― hooked beak
- ass knābis ― sharp beak
- garš, plats knābis ― long, wide beak
- plakans knābis ― flat beak, bill
- putna knābis noder kā jutīgs darba rīks ― a bird's beak (can) serve as a sensitive tool
- pārstāvis ir liela auguma pusmūža vīrs ar ērgļa knābim līdzīgu degunu ― the agent/representative is a middle-aged tall man with a nose (shaped) like an eagle beak
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | knābis | knābji |
| genitive | knābja | knābju |
| dative | knābim | knābjiem |
| accusative | knābi | knābjus |
| instrumental | knābi | knābjiem |
| locative | knābī | knābjos |
| vocative | knābi | knābji |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “knābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN