"cirslis" meaning in All languages combined

See cirslis on Wiktionary

Noun [Latvian]

IPA: [tsìɾslis] Audio: lv-riga-cirslis.ogg
Etymology: Derived from cirst (“to cut, to hew, to chop”), from Proto-Baltic *kir-, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kr̥- (“to cut”). The semantic evolution was probably “to cut” > “to chop”, also “to gnaw, to bite, to pierce”, whence cirslis “gnawer”. Cognates include Lithuanian kar̃stas, kertùkas, kirstukas, Ukrainian черте́ц (čertéc). Etymology templates: {{uder|lv|bat-pro|*kir-}} Proto-Baltic *kir-, {{uder|lv|ine-pro|*ker-}} Proto-Indo-European *ker-, {{cog|lt|karstas|kar̃stas}} Lithuanian kar̃stas, {{cog|uk|черте́ц}} Ukrainian черте́ц (čertéc) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|2nd declension||||||or||||or||||cat2=|g=m|g2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} cirslis m (2nd declension), {{lv-noun|m|2nd}} cirslis m (2nd declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|cir|is|2nd||sl|šļ}}, {{lv-decl-noun-2|cir|is|4=|5=sl|6=šļ|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|cirslis|ciršļi|cirsli|ciršļus|ciršļa|ciršļu|cirslim|ciršļiem|cirsli|ciršļiem|cirslī|ciršļos|cirsli|ciršļi|type=2nd|x=0}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cirslis [nominative, singular], ciršļi [nominative, plural], ciršļa [genitive, singular], ciršļu [genitive, plural], cirslim [dative, singular], ciršļiem [dative, plural], cirsli [accusative, singular], ciršļus [accusative, plural], cirsli [instrumental, singular], ciršļiem [instrumental, plural], cirslī [locative, singular], ciršļos [locative, plural], cirsli [singular, vocative], ciršļi [plural, vocative], cirsnis [alternative], cirksnis [alternative], cirkste [alternative]
  1. shrew (mammal sp.) Tags: declension-2, masculine

Inflected forms

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        "Latvian terms with usage examples",
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