dēls – Latvian noun declension

Latvian noun forms of dēls

Noun: dēls
Hyphenation:
Gender: Declension:

Singular

Nominativedēls
Accusativedēlu
Genitivedēla
Dativedēlam
Instrumentaldēlu
Locativedēlā
Vocativedēls

Plural

Nominativedēli
Accusativedēlus
Genitivedēlu
Dativedēliem
Instrumentaldēliem
Locativedēlos
Vocativedēli

Sample Sentences

  • dēls ar māti (a son with (his) mother)
  • jaunākais, vecākais dēls (youngest, oldest son)
  • pašu dēls ((one's) own son)
  • īstais dēls (real son)
  • vienīgais dēls (the only son)
  • brāļa, māsas dēls (nephew (lit. brother's, sister's son))
  • dēls ļoti rūpējās par saviem vecākiem (the son takes great care of his parents)
  • “Grobiņa tēv, vai tu domā, ka tava nauda nestāv droši?” Jānis jautāja; “... nu, dēls, par drošību, drošības dēļ nav ko runāt...” (“Father (of the) Grobiņš (= Mr Grobiņš), do you think that your money is not safe?” Jānis asked; “... well, son, there is nothing to say about, about security...”)
  • Latvijas zemes dēls (a son of the land of Latvia (= a Latvian))
  • dažādu tautu dēli un meitas (the sons and daughters of various nations)

Nouns inflected like dēls

vēders, akvārijs, ziloņkauls, iekaisums, šāvējs, ģitārists, ābols, dievs, ezers, tārps, omārs, bērns, kakls, kalns, kauls, putns, zieds, gājiens, grāmatsējējs, deguns, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *dē-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰē-, *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, to nurse”) (whence also Latvian dêle (“leech”), q.v.); the original meaning was thus “one to nurse,” “suckling one,” “baby” (cf. Latin fellāre (“to nurse”), filius (“son”) < *fēlios < *dʰeh₁(y)-li-os). Cognates include Proto-Slavic *dětę (Russian де́ти (déti, “children”)), Albanian djalë (“boy, son”). The term dȩ̂ls replaced an earlier *sūn(u)s, the original Indo-European word for “son” (cf. Lithuanian sūnùs, English son, Russian сын (syn)). This is usually explained as the result of taboo: the ‘real’ word for “son” was avoided so as not to attract the attention of evil spirits. Note that the languages that lack a reflex of this original word (Latin, Celtic, Latvian, Albanian) also lack the corresponding word for “daughter” (cf. Lithuanian duktė̃, Russian дочь (dočʹ), German Tochter); this suggests that there may have been dialectal differences in Proto-Indo-European concerning words for children. See: Latin Nouns 'fello', English Nouns 'son', Russian Nouns 'сын', Russian Nouns 'дочь', German Nouns 'Tochter'.

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