Noun: suns
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | suns |
| Accusative | suni |
| Genitive | suņa |
| Dative | sunim |
| Instrumental | suni |
| Locative | sunī |
| Vocative | suni |
Plural
| Nominative | suņi |
| Accusative | suņus |
| Genitive | suņu |
| Dative | suņiem |
| Instrumental | suņiem |
| Locative | suņos |
| Vocative | suņi |
Sample Sentences
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mājas suns (domestic dog)
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medību suns (hunting dog)
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aitu, ganu suns (shepherd dog)
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nikns suns (wild, angry dog)
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suns rej uz gājēju (the dog barks at the passer-by)
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suņa dzīve, darbs (a dog's life, work)
Nouns inflected like suns
suns,
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kwṓ. An older Latvian form *so is now found only in one dialect (Nīgrande) as a word to call dogs. Cognates include Lithuanian šuõ (genitive šuñs, dialectal šunis), Old Prussian sunis, Proto-Germanic *hundaz (Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds), Old Norse hundr, Icelandic hundur, Swedish hund, Old High German hunt, Old English hund, German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound), Irish cú, Welsh ci, plural cŵn, Sanskrit श्वन् (śván), genitive शुनस् (śunas), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 (spā), genitive plural 𐬯𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬨 (sunam), Old Armenian շուն (šun), Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Latin canis (Italian cane, Portuguese cão, French chien, Spanish can). See: Gothic Nouns '
𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃', Old Norse Nouns '
hundr', Icelandic Nouns '
hundur', Swedish Nouns '
hund', Old English Nouns '
hund', German Nouns '
Hund', Dutch Nouns '
hond', English Nouns '
hound', Irish Nouns '
cú', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κύων', Latin Nouns '
canis', Italian Nouns '
cane', Portuguese Nouns '
cão', French Nouns '
chien', Spanish Nouns '
can'.
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