Noun: skudra
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | skudra |
| Accusative | skudru |
| Genitive | skudras |
| Dative | skudrai |
| Instrumental | skudru |
| Locative | skudrā |
| Vocative | skudra |
Plural
| Nominative | skudras |
| Accusative | skudras |
| Genitive | skudru |
| Dative | skudrām |
| Instrumental | skudrām |
| Locative | skudrās |
| Vocative | skudras |
Sample Sentences
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melnā skudra (black ant)
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lielā dzeltenā skudra (big yellow ant)
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sarkanās, rūsganās skudras (red, rusty ants)
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meža skudras (forest ants)
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skudru pūznis (anthill)
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skudru oliņas (ant eggs)
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skudru spirts (ant alcohol (a solution of formic acid in ethanol))
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čakls kā skudra (industrious as an ant)
Nouns inflected like skudra
tulkošana,
secība,
sezona,
saruna,
sajūta,
samaņa,
smarža,
skudra,
sklēra,
muļķība,
pirmdiena,
bebrāda,
skaudība,
kaklarota,
psihiatrija,
vīksna,
vīnoga,
izmaksa,
sešpaka,
melnaugļu aronija, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
This word has the same origin as the verb skaust (“to envy, to (be)grudge”) (q.v.) and the adjective skaudrs (“sharp, acute, biting”): the Proto-Indo-European stem *skaud-, *skud- (with an extra -r, yielding Proto-Baltic *skudr-). The original meaning was therefore “that which cuts, pierces, bites.” Cognates include Lithuanian skudrùs (“quick, crafty; sharp, cutting”).
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