kurns

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Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrnas or *kúrˀnas. Compare Proto-Slavic *kъrnъ (“maimed”). Related to kur̃ls (“deaf”), Lithuanian kur̃čias (“deaf”) with different suffixes.[1]

Adjective

kurns (definite kurnais, no adverb)

  1. (rare) deaf
    Synonyms: kurls, nedzirdīgs

Usage notes

The related word kurls is the commonly used term for "deaf".

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kurns
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis) 		singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) kurns kurni kurna kurnas
accusative (akuzatīvs) kurnu kurnus kurnu kurnas
genitive (ģenitīvs) kurna kurnu kurnas kurnu
dative (datīvs) kurnam kurniem kurnai kurnām
instrumental (instrumentālis) kurnu kurniem kurnu kurnām
locative (lokatīvs) kurnā kurnos kurnā kurnās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kurns”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

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