From the same stem as verb most (“to wake up”) (< *muod-ti), with an extra -r: *muod-ra-s > modrs. A parallel form without the -r yielded možs (q.v.). In the 17th century, modrs had the meaning of “wise, intelligent”, now gudrs; the current meaning became dominant in the 18th century. Ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mandras, from Proto-Indo-European *men(s)dʰh₁- (“wisdom”). Cognates include Lithuanian mañdras, mandrùs (“vigilant, alert; smart, wise, cunning; proud, arrogant”), Old Church Slavonic мѫдръ (mǫdrŭ, “wise”), Russian му́дрый (múdryj), Bulgarian мъ́дър (mǎ́dǎr), Czech moudrý, Polish mądry, Old High German muntar (“quick, lively, alert”), German munter (“lively, cheerful, awake”)
modrs (definite modrais, comparative modrāks, superlative vismodrākais, adverb modri)
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
nominative | modrs | modri | modra | modras | |
genitive | modra | modru | modras | modru | |
dative | modram | modriem | modrai | modrām | |
accusative | modru | modrus | modru | modras | |
instrumental | modru | modriem | modru | modrām | |
locative | modrā | modros | modrā | modrās | |
vocative | — | — | — | — |
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
nominative | modrais | modrie | modrā | modrās | |
genitive | modrā | modro | modrās | modro | |
dative | modrajam | modrajiem | modrajai | modrajām | |
accusative | modro | modros | modro | modrās | |
instrumental | modro | modrajiem | modro | modrajām | |
locative | modrajā | modrajos | modrajā | modrajās | |
vocative | modro, modrais | modrie | modro, modrā | modrās |