From Proto-Baltic *dreg- (with an adjectivizing suffix -n, and expressive lengthening of the e; compare dialectal variant dregns with short e), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, to pluck, to slice”) (whence also dīrāt (“to skin, to flay”), q.v.) with an extra suffix -gʰ (*der-gʰ, *dr-egʰ). From the original meaning, “to tear” > “to skin, to flay,” a number of other meanings were developed, relating to something unpleasant or repulsive (compare dergties (“to feel disgusted”)); in the case of drēgns, unpleasant cold and humidity. Cognates include Lithuanian drė́gnas.
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drēgns (definite drēgnais, comparative drēgnāks, superlative visdrēgnākais, adverb drēgni)
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
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| nominative (nominatīvs) | drēgns | drēgni | drēgna | drēgnas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | drēgnu | drēgnus | drēgnu | drēgnas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | drēgna | drēgnu | drēgnas | drēgnu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | drēgnam | drēgniem | drēgnai | drēgnām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | drēgnu | drēgniem | drēgnu | drēgnām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | drēgnā | drēgnos | drēgnā | drēgnās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||