vilnis – Latvian noun declension

Noun: vilnis
Hyphenation:

Gender: Declension:

Singular

Nominative	vilnis
Accusative	vilni
Genitive	viļņa
Dative	vilnim
Instrumental	vilni
Locative	vilnī
Vocative	vilni

Plural

Nominative	viļņi
Accusative	viļņus
Genitive	viļņu
Dative	viļņiem
Instrumental	viļņiem
Locative	viļņos
Vocative	viļņi

Sample Sentences

jūras, okeāna viļņi (see, ocean waves)
liels vilnis (large wave)
augsti viļņi (high waves)
paisuma viļņi (tidal waves)
viļņa mugura (back of the wave)
viļņi sitas, skalojas pret krastu (the waves pound, lap against the shore)
nirt viļņos (to dive into the waves)
gaismas viļņu teorija (the wave theory of light)
viļņa garums (wavelength)
elektromagnētiskie, seismiskie, skaņu viļņi (electromagnetic, seismic, sound waves)
garie, vidējie, īsie, ultraīsie viļņi (long, medium, short, VHF waves)
mikroviļņi, mikroviļņu krāsns (microwaves, microwave oven)
zaļos viļņos sašūpojas rudzu lauks te blakus (the rye fields were rocking in green waves near here)
viņai bija tumši mati, kas viļņiem krita uz pleciem (she had dark hair, which fell like waves on (her) shoulders)
otrais uzbrucēju vilnis (second wave of attackers)
turistu vilnis (a wave of tourists)
melnais vārnu vilnis (a black wave of crows (birds))
protesta vilnis (a protest wave)
streiku vilnis (a wave of strikes)
jauns baumu vilnis (a new wave of rumors)
sajūsmas, sašutuma vilins (delight, indignation wave)
aplausu vilnis (a wave of applause)
jauns aukstuma vilnis (a new cold wave)
Andri pārņem prieka vilnis (Andris was overwhelmed by a wave of joy)
'pēkšņi viņu pārvarēja maiguma vilnis (suddenly he was overcome by a wave of tenderness)

Nouns inflected like vilnis

salnis, alnis, melnis, vilnis,

Etymology

1. From a more recent yo-stem variant *wil-nyo- of *wil-na (compare the Slavic cognates), from Proto-Baltic *wil- with an extra suffix -na, from Proto-Indo-European *welH-, *wl̥- (“to turn, to roll, to curl”). Some researchers suggest that this stem is related to, or the same as, the stem of vilna (“wool”) (q.v.).
2. Cognates include Lithuanian vilni̇̀s, Old Church Slavonic вльна (vlĭna), Old East Slavic вълна (vŭlna), Russian волна́ (volná), Ukrainian вовна́ (vovná), Bulgarian вълна́ (vălná), Czech vlna, Proto-Germanic *welnan (“to curl, to scroll”) (Old High German wellan (“to curl, to scroll”), wella (“source”), German Welle (“wave”)), Sanskrit ऊर्मि (ūrmí, “wave”) (< *wl̥H-mi-). See: Czech Nouns 'vlna', German Nouns 'Welle'.

Verbs referencing "vilnis"

Russian Nouns волна.