knaš

See also: knäs and knas

Livonian

Etymology

Either from dialectal Latvian knasts (“snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking”) or knašs (“quick, swift”).[1] See etymology at Latvian knašs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknɑʃ/, [ˈknɑʃ]

Adjective

knaš (comp. jo knaš (vel jo knaš), sup. amā knaš)

  1. beautiful, handsome, attractive
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “knaš”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      knaš neitst
      beautiful girl
      ta um knaš nei ku bīlda
      he is beautiful, handsome as a picture
  2. nice
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “knaš”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      rovz vȯdlõbõd knaššõ aigõ
      people are waiting for nice weather
  3. (figuratively) nice, pretty
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “knaš”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      knaš rō
      pretty, hefty [sum of] money

Declension

Declension of knaš (69)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) knaš knašīd
genitive (genitīv) knaš knašīd
partitive (partitīv) knaššõ knašīdi
dative (datīv) knaššõn knašīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) knaššõks knašīdõks
illative (illatīv) knaššõ knašīz
inessive (inesīv) knaššõs knašīs
elative (elatīv) knaššõst knašīst

See also

References

  1. ^ Seppo Suhonen (1973), Die jungen lettischen Lehnwörter im Livischen, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 134
  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “knaš”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
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