cirslis
Latvian
Cirslis
Etymology
Derived from cirst (“to cut, to hew, to chop”), from Proto-Baltic *kir-, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kr̥- (“to cut”). The semantic evolution was probably “to cut” > “to chop”, also “to gnaw,” “to bite,” “to pierce,” whence cirslis “gnawer.” Cognates include Lithuanian kar̃stas, kertùkas, kirstukas, Ukrainian чертец (čertéts).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tsìɾslis]
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Noun
cirslis m (2nd declension)
- shrew (mammal sp.)
- ūdens cirslis ― water shrew
- mazais cirslis ― small shrew
- ciršļa ala ― shrew burrow
Declension
Declension of cirslis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | cirslis | ciršļi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | cirsli | ciršļus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ciršļa | ciršļu |
| dative (datīvs) | cirslim | ciršļiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | cirsli | ciršļiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | cirslī | ciršļos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | cirsli | ciršļi |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “cirslis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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