brasls – Latvian noun declension

Latvian noun forms of brasls

Noun: brasls
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine Declension:

Singular

Nominativebrasls
Accusativebraslu
Genitivebrasla
Dativebraslam
Instrumentalbraslu
Locativebraslā
Vocativebrasl

Plural

Nominativebrasli
Accusativebraslus
Genitivebraslu
Dativebrasliem
Instrumentalbrasliem
Locativebraslos
Vocativebrasli

Sample Sentences

  • pāriet upi braslā (to cross the river at the ford)
  • un zirgs rāmiem soļiem devās pa celiņu uz braslu, pārbrida upi un uzkāpa atkal krastā (and the horse went by the path to the ford, crossed the river and climbed back on shore)

Etymology

From the same source as the verb brist (q.v.), with change of the final consonant and an extra element lo, apparently originally an adjective meaning probably “shallow.” The Lithuanian and Old Prussian forms correspond to a variant brasts found in Courland dialects and in some placenames (Brastvalks) and family names (Brastiņš); the Slavic forms correspond to a dialectal variant brads, also found in placenames (Bradas, Bradaiži). Cognates include Lithuanian brastà, dialectal brasvà, brastvà “ford; miry path, swampy meadow,” Old Prussian *brast- “ford” (in placenames, e.g., Balkombrastun), Proto-Slavic *brodъ (Russian, Belarusian брод (brod), Ukrainian брід (brid), Bulgarian брод (brod), Czech brod, Polish bród), See: Ukrainian Nouns 'брід', Bulgarian Nouns 'брод', Czech Nouns 'brod', Polish Nouns 'bród'.

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