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valgus
valgus
English
Adjective
valgus (not comparable)
- knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)
Derived terms
- hallux valgus
Estonian
Etymology
From valge + -us. Cognate to Finnish valo (“light”) and Hungarian világ (“world”).
Noun
valgus (genitive valguse, partitive valgust)
Declension
Inflection of valgus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | valgus | valgused |
| accusative | valguse | valgused |
| genitive | valguse | valguste |
| partitive | valgust | valgusi |
| illative | valgusse valgusesse |
valgustesse valgusisse |
| inessive | valguses | valgustes valgusis |
| elative | valgusest | valgustest valgusist |
| allative | valgusele | valgustele valgusile |
| adessive | valgusel | valgustel valgusil |
| ablative | valguselt | valgustelt valgusilt |
| translative | valguseks | valgusteks valgusiks |
| terminative | valguseni | valgusteni |
| essive | valgusena | valgustena |
| abessive | valguseta | valgusteta |
| comitative | valgusega | valgustega |
Inflection of valgus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | valgus | valgused |
| accusative | valguse | valgused |
| genitive | valguse | valguste |
| partitive | valgust | valguseid |
| illative | valgusesse | valgustesse valguseisse |
| inessive | valguses | valgustes valguseis |
| elative | valgusest | valgustest valguseist |
| allative | valgusele | valgustele valguseile |
| adessive | valgusel | valgustel valguseil |
| ablative | valguselt | valgustelt valguseilt |
| translative | valguseks | valgusteks valguseiks |
| terminative | valguseni | valgusteni |
| essive | valgusena | valgustena |
| abessive | valguseta | valgusteta |
| comitative | valgusega | valgustega |
Derived terms
- valgustama
- valguskiir
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwal.ɡus/, [ˈwaɫ.ɡʊs]
Adjective
valgus m (feminine valga, neuter valgum); first/second declension
- knock-kneed
- not straight, shoddy
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | valgus | valga | valgum | valgī | valgae | valga | |
| genitive | valgī | valgae | valgī | valgōrum | valgārum | valgōrum | |
| dative | valgō | valgō | valgīs | ||||
| accusative | valgum | valgam | valgum | valgōs | valgās | valga | |
| ablative | valgō | valgā | valgō | valgīs | |||
| vocative | valge | valga | valgum | valgī | valgae | valga | |
Synonyms
- (with crooked legs): vārus
References
- valgus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “valgus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.