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dundurs
dundurs
Latvian
Dundurs
Noun
dundurs m (1st declension)
- horsefly, gadfly (medium to large flies (family: Tabanidae, especially Tabanus spp.) that suck the blood of mammals)
- dunduru laiks ― horsefly time, weather
- atgaiņāt dundurus ― to repel, drive away horseflies
- rūc kā dundurs ― (s/he) growls like a horsefly (i.e., sings very badly)
- dunduri ēda nost zirgus un uzbruka arī cilvēkiem, kur vien varēdami piekļūt un pasūkt asinis ― horseflies ate away the horses and attacked also people, wherever they could go and suck blood
Declension
Declension of dundurs (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | dundurs | dunduri |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | dunduru | dundurus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | dundura | dunduru |
| dative (datīvs) | dunduram | dunduriem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | dunduru | dunduriem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | dundurā | dunduros |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | dundur | dunduri |
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “dundurs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7