kurns

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrnas or *kúrˀnas. Compare Proto-Slavic *kъrnъ (“maimed”). Related to kur̃ls (“deaf”), Lithuanian kur̃čias (“deaf”) with different suffixes.[1]

Adjective

kurns (definite kurnais, no adverb)

  1. (rare) deaf
    Synonyms: kurls, nedzirdīgs

Usage notes

The related word kurls is the commonly used term for "deaf".

Declension

Indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kurns
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular plural singular plural
nominative kurns kurni kurna kurnas
genitive kurna kurnu kurnas kurnu
dative kurnam kurniem kurnai kurnām
accusative kurnu kurnus kurnu kurnas
instrumental kurnu kurniem kurnu kurnām
locative kurnā kurnos kurnā kurnās
vocative — — — —
Definite declension (noteiktā galotne) of kurns
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular plural singular plural
nominative kurnais kurnie kurnā kurnās
genitive kurnā kurno kurnās kurno
dative kurnajam kurnajiem kurnajai kurnajām
accusative kurno kurnos kurno kurnās
instrumental kurno kurnajiem kurno kurnajām
locative kurnajā kurnajos kurnajā kurnajās
vocative kurno, kurnais kurnie kurno, kurnā kurnās

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kurns”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

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