humors

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See also: Humors and humörs

English

Noun

humors

  1. plural of humor

Verb

humors

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of humor

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Catalan

Noun

humors

  1. plural of humor

Danish

Noun

humors

  1. indefinite genitive singular of humor

Latgalian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin humor, via or akin to Latvian humors.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: hu‧mors

Noun

humors m

  1. humour

Declension

Declension of humors (type 1 noun)
singular plural
nominative humors humori
genitive humora humoru
dative humoram humorim
accusative humoru humorus
instrumental humoru humorim
locative humorā humorūs
vocative humor humori

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 12

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin umor (“moisture”), from the ancient theory that the moods and dispositions of the human psyche were related to bodily fluids.

Pronunciation

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Noun

humors m (1st declension)

  1. humor (good-natured, playful attitude; the capacity to recognize and understand what is funny or comical)
    labsirdīgs humors ― good-natured humor
    humora dzirksts ― a spark of humor
    humora izjūta ― a sense of humor
    cilvēks ar humora izjūtu ― a person with a sense of humor
    viņa balsī jūtama humora pieskaņa ― in his voice one can feel a touch of humor
    zvejas vīru humoru netraucē ne vētra, ne arī nemīlīgs laiks ― neither storms nor inclement weather can disturb the humor of fishermen
    viņš visu prot pateikt ar humoru, un mēs smejamies ― he knows how to say everything with humor, and we laugh
  2. humor (that which is funny; a funny situation or anecdote)
    tautas pasaku un sakāmvārdu humors ― the humor of folk tales and proverbs

Declension

Declension of humors (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) humors —
accusative (akuzatīvs) humoru —
genitive (ģenitīvs) humora —
dative (datīvs) humoram —
instrumental (instrumentālis) humoru —
locative (lokatīvs) humorā —
vocative (vokatīvs) humor —

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

humors

  1. indefinite genitive singular of humor

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