Lūž

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "luz"

Livonian

Etymology

Kersti Boiko suggests the Latvian name Lūžņa as the source of the Livonian name. Compare dialectal lūžņa (“a place where trees have been felled by wind”) from the verb lūzt (“to break”).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lū'ž

  1. Lūžņa (a village in Latvia)

Declension

Declension of Lūž (145)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) Lūž –
genitive (genitīv) Lūž –
partitive (partitīv) Lūžõ –
dative (datīv) Lūžõn –
instrumental (instrumentāl) Lūžõks –
illative (illatīv) Lūžõ –
inessive (inesīv) Lūžõs –
elative (elatīv) Lūžõst –

References

  1. ^ Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 217
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