sorkons
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See also: sarkans
Latgalian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the root of sarkt'(i) (“to blush, to become red”) + -ons, from Proto-Indo-European *sor- (“red, reddish-brown”). Cognates include sarkans (“red, pink”), Lithuanian dialectal sárkanas (“bright, clear, light; pink”), Proto-Scythian *suxrí (“bright”), Persian سرخ (sorx, “red”), Northern Kurdish sor (“red”),[1] Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra, “bright, resplendent”), Ossetian сырх (syrx, “red”).
Pronunciation[edit]
[sɒ́rkɒnt͡s], [sɒ́͡arkɒnt͡s]
Adjective[edit]
sorkons (comparative sorkonõks)
- red
- jis nūsorka galeigai sorkons ― he blushed completely red
Synonyms[edit]
Declension[edit]
Indefinite declension of sorkons (type 1 adjective)
masculine | feminine | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | sorkons | sorkoni | sorkona | sorkonys, sorkonas1) |
genitive | sorkona | sorkonu | sorkonys, sorkonas1) | sorkonu |
dative | sorkonam | sorkonim | sorkonai | sorkonom |
accusative | sorkonu | sorkonus | sorkonu | sorkonys, sorkonas1) |
instrumental | sorkonu | sorkonim | sorkonu | sorkonom |
locative | sorkonā | sorkonūs | sorkonā | sorkonuos |
1) dialectal |
Definite declension of sorkons (type 1 adjective)
masculine | feminine | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | sorkonais, sorkonīs | sorkonī | sorkonuo | sorkonuos |
genitive | sorkonuo | sorkonūs | sorkonuos | sorkonūs |
dative | sorkonajam | sorkonajim | sorkonajai | sorkonajom |
accusative | sorkonū | sorkonūs | sorkonū | sorkonuos |
instrumental | sorkonū | sorkonajim | sorkonū | sorkonajom |
locative | sorkonajā | sorkonajūs | sorkonajā | sorkonajuos |
Related terms[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sorkons”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN