brūns
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German brūn or Middle Dutch bruun or From an East Frisian word (compare Saterland Frisian bruun (“brown”)). This term was probably introduced in the 15th century, together with brown-colored clothes, very appreciated at the time. It is, however, not mentioned in dictionaries until the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century (some sources claim that brown-colored clothes were not frequent in Latvia until the 18th century). Previously, the notion of brown color was expressed only with ruds (for hair, eyes) and bērs (for horses).[1]
Adjective
brūns (brūnais comparative, brūnāks superlative, visbrūnākais adverb, brūni)
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of brūns
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | brūns | brūni | brūna | brūnas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | brūnu | brūnus | brūnu | brūnas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | brūna | brūnu | brūnas | brūnu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | brūnam | brūniem | brūnai | brūnām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | brūnu | brūniem | brūnu | brūnām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | brūnā | brūnos | brūnā | brūnās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Colors in Latvian · krāsas (layout · text) | ||||
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balts | pelēks | melns | ||
sarkans, sārts | oranžs ; brūns | dzeltens | ||
zaļš | ||||
zils | ||||
violets | rozā |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “brūns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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