alksnis

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Latvian

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Alkšņi

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Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *el(i)sni̯a, *al(i)sni̯a (with an epenthetic k between the l and the s), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- with a suffix -nyo, from the root *el-, *ol-, *h₂él- “reddish brown color.” Cognates include Lithuanian al̃ksnis, dialectal el̃ksnis, Old Prussian abskande (= < *al(i)skands < *al(i)skans < *al(i)skṇs < *al(i)ksnas), Proto-Slavic *elьxa < *elisā (Russian ольха́ (olʹxá), Belarusian во́льха (vólʹxa), Ukrainian ві́льха (vílʹxa), Bulgarian елха́ (elhá), Belarusian алёс (aljós, “alder grove, swampy place”)), Proto-Germanic *alizō, *alusō (Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰 (alisa), Old High German erila < *elira, German Erle), Latin alnus < *al(i)snos.

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Noun

alksnis m (2nd declension)

  1. alder (species of tree of the genus Alnus, esp. A. glutinosa or A. incana)
    alkšņa miza ― alder bark
    alkšņu spurdzes ― alder catkin
    alkšņu audze ― alder grove
    cirst alkšņus malkai ― to chop alders into firewood
    Māriņa beidza šūt savu alkšņu mizās krāsoto kleitu, ko ziemā bija noaudusi ― Māriņa finished sewing her dress, the color of alder bark, which she had woven (last) winter

Declension

Declension of alksnis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) alksnis alkšņi
accusative (akuzatīvs) alksni alkšņus
genitive (ģenitīvs) alkšņa alkšņu
dative (datīvs) alksnim alkšņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) alksni alkšņiem
locative (lokatīvs) alksnī alkšņos
vocative (vokatīvs) alksni alkšņi

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “alksnis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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