sliņķis
Latvian
Etymology
A nominal version of adjective slinks (“lazy”) (q.v.), made into an i-stem (with consequent palatalization of the nk cluster). Cognates include Lithuanian sli̇̀nkis, sli̇̀nka.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slīɲcis]
Noun
sliņķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: sliņķe)
- lazy man, animal
- sliņķus suns ― lazy dog
- tēvs necieš sliņķus, jo allaž savus dēlus mācījis: “darbs ir cilvēka lielākais gods” ― father couldn't stand lazy people, as he always taught his sons: “work is man's greatest honor”
- sloth (several species of arboreal South American mammal from the families Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae)
- parastais (trīspirkstu) sliņķis ― simple (three-fingered) sloth (Bradypus variegatus, B. tridactylus, B. torquatus)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sliņķis | sliņķi |
| genitive | sliņķa | sliņķu |
| dative | sliņķim | sliņķiem |
| accusative | sliņķi | sliņķus |
| instrumental | sliņķi | sliņķiem |
| locative | sliņķī | sliņķos |
| vocative | sliņķi | sliņķi |
Related terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “slinks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN