Noun: aknas
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
Plural
| Nominative | aknas |
| Accusative | aknas |
| Genitive | aknu |
| Dative | aknām |
| Instrumental | aknām |
| Locative | aknās |
| Vocative | aknas |
Sample Sentences
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aknu slimības (liver diseases)
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aknu uztūkums (swelling of the liver)
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aknu funkcijas (liver functions)
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kuņģa tuvumā ir aknas ar žultspūsli (in the vicinity of the stomach are (situated) the liver with (= and) the gall bladder)
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aknām ir izcila nozīme visdažādākos organisma vielmaiņas procesos (the liver has great importance in a variety of metabolic processes in the body)
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ceptas, sautētas aknas (fried, stewed liver)
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aknu desa, pastēte (liver sausage, pâté)
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ļoti labs A vitamīna avots uzturā ir liellopu un cūku aknas, kā arī mencu aknu konservi (a very good source of vitamin A in one's diet is cow and pig liver, as well as canned cod liver)
Nouns inflected like aknas
iekšlietas,
pļāpas,
vējdzirnavas,
pelavas,
aukslējas,
paniņas,
vējbakas,
derības,
plaušas,
paģiras,
garamantas,
skumjas,
Lieldienas,
briesmas,
siekalas,
zemlikas,
šaubas,
žagas,
lamatas,
aizdomas, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *yeknā-, *yaknā-, from the genitive form *yekʷ-né-s of Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”), an old, n/r-alternating stem. Cognates include Lithuanian jẽknos, dialectal ãknos, Old Prussian lagno (apparently a misspelled iagno), Sanskrit यकृत् (yakṛt) (genitive यक्नः (yaknáḥ)) Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar) (genitive ἧπατος (hêpatos)), Latin iecur. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἧπαρ', Latin Nouns '
iecur'.
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