pūkains
See also: puķains
Latvian
Etymology
From pūka (“fluff, down”) + -ains.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pūkains (definite pūkainais, comparative pūkaināks, superlative vispūkainākais, adverb pūkaini)
- (of fabric, cloth) fluffy, wooly
- pūkains lakats ― fluffy scarf
- pūkains paklājs ― fluffy carpet
- aust pūkainu segu ― to weave, sow a fluffy blanket
- pūkainas vilnas audums ― a fabric (made) of fluffy wool
- pūkaini, balti mākoņi ― fluffy, white clouds
- (of plants) fluffy, hairy (having little hairs or hair-like appendages)
- pūkainas lapas ― fluffy, hairy leaves
- firziķiem izauga sulīgi, pūkaini augļi ― the pear tree grew sappy, fluffy/hairy fruits
- (of animals) fluffy, downy (having fluff, down)
- pūkains kucēns ― fluffy puppy
- pūkains cālēns ― fluffy, downy little chick
- mazs pūkains zaķēniņš ― a little fluffy bunny
- (of fur, hair, feathers, or body parts covered by them) fluffy, soft
- melna, pūkaina bārdiņa ― black, fluffy beard
- pūkains zods ― fluffy chin (i.e., covered by fluffy hair)
- Tālivaldim bija mīksti, gari un pūkaini mati ― Tālivaldis had soft, long, fluffy hair
Declension
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pūkains | pūkaini | pūkaina | pūkainas | |
| genitive | pūkaina | pūkainu | pūkainas | pūkainu | |
| dative | pūkainam | pūkainiem | pūkainai | pūkainām | |
| accusative | pūkainu | pūkainus | pūkainu | pūkainas | |
| instrumental | pūkainu | pūkainiem | pūkainu | pūkainām | |
| locative | pūkainā | pūkainos | pūkainā | pūkainās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pūkainais | pūkainie | pūkainā | pūkainās | |
| genitive | pūkainā | pūkaino | pūkainās | pūkaino | |
| dative | pūkainajam | pūkainajiem | pūkainajai | pūkainajām | |
| accusative | pūkaino | pūkainos | pūkaino | pūkainās | |
| instrumental | pūkaino | pūkainajiem | pūkaino | pūkainajām | |
| locative | pūkainajā | pūkainajos | pūkainajā | pūkainajās | |
| vocative | pūkaino, pūkainais | pūkainie | pūkaino, pūkainā | pūkainās | |