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stulms
stulms
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *stulm-, from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥m, from the zero grade form of *stel- (“to put in standing position; to stand; standing, immobile, stiff”) with an extra element -m. Cognates include Swedish stolm (“stubble”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [stûlms]
Noun
stulms m (1st declension)
- top of a boot, the part that covers the shin up to the knees; boot leg
- stulmu zābaki ― boots that have (boot)legs
- sabāzt bikšu galus stulmos ― stuff the ends of one's pants into one's boot legs
Declension
Declension of stulms (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | stulms | stulmi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | stulmu | stulmus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | stulma | stulmu |
dative (datīvs) | stulmam | stulmiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | stulmu | stulmiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | stulmā | stulmos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | stulm | stulmi |
See also
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “stulms”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7