īkšķis

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Latvian

Īkšķis

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian nykštys, Old Prussian instixs. See the Lithuanian term for details.

Pronunciation

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Noun

īkšķis m (2nd declension)

  1. (anatomy) thumb (short, thick, opposable finger)
  2. part of a glove that covers the thumb
    pieadīt cimdam īkšķi ― to add a thumb to a glove

Declension

Declension of īkšķis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) īkšķis īkšķi
accusative (akuzatīvs) īkšķi īkšķus
genitive (ģenitīvs) īkšķa īkšķu
dative (datīvs) īkšķim īkšķiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) īkšķi īkšķiem
locative (lokatīvs) īkšķī īkšķos
vocative (vokatīvs) īkšķi īkšķi

See also

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