knaš in All languages combined

IPA: /knɑʃː/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Either from dialectal Latvian knasts (“snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking”) or knašs (“quick, swift”). See etymology at Latvian knašs. Etymology templates: {{der|liv|lv|knasts||snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking}} Latvian knasts (“snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking”), {{m|lv|knašs||quick, swift}} knašs (“quick, swift”), {{m|lv|knašs}} knašs Head templates: {{head|liv|adjective|head=}} knaš, {{liv-adj}} knaš (comp. jo knaš (vel jo knaš), sup. amā knaš) Forms: jo knaš [comparative, error-unknown-tag], amā knaš [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], knaš [nominative, singular], knašīd [nominative, plural], knaš [genitive, singular], knašīd [genitive, plural], knaššõ [partitive, singular], knašīdi [partitive, plural], knaššõn [dative, singular], knašīdõn [dative, plural], knaššõks [instrumental, singular], knašīdõks [instrumental, plural], knaššõ [illative, singular], knašīz [illative, plural], knaššõs [inessive, singular], knašīs [inessive, plural], knaššõst [elative, singular], knašīst [elative, plural]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "liv",
        "2": "lv",
        "3": "knasts",
        "4": "",
        "5": "snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian knasts (“snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "knašs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "quick, swift"
      },
      "expansion": "knašs (“quick, swift”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "knašs",
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  "etymology_text": "Either from dialectal Latvian knasts (“snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking”) or knašs (“quick, swift”). See etymology at Latvian knašs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jo knaš",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unknown-tag"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amā knaš",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liv-noun-kim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīd",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīd",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīdõn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīdõks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "liv",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "knaš",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "knaš (comp. jo knaš (vel jo knaš), sup. amā knaš)",
      "name": "liv-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Livonian",
  "lang_code": "liv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "äbknaš"
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "12 49 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Livonian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA\nknaš neitst\nbeautiful girl\nta um knaš nei ku bīlda\nhe is beautiful, handsome as a picture"
        }
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        "beautiful, handsome, attractive"
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          "beautiful"
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        [
          "handsome",
          "handsome"
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        [
          "attractive",
          "attractive"
        ]
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "people are waiting for nice weather",
          "roman": "rovz vȯdlõbõd knaššõ aigõ",
          "text": "Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA"
        }
      ],
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          "nice"
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        {
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "pretty, hefty [sum of] money",
          "roman": "knaš rō",
          "text": "Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA"
        }
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        "(figuratively) nice, pretty"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/knɑʃː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knaš"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Livonian adjectives",
    "Livonian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Livonian lemmas",
    "Livonian terms derived from Latvian",
    "Livonian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "lv",
        "3": "knasts",
        "4": "",
        "5": "snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian knasts (“snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "knašs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "quick, swift"
      },
      "expansion": "knašs (“quick, swift”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "knašs"
      },
      "expansion": "knašs",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either from dialectal Latvian knasts (“snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking”) or knašs (“quick, swift”). See etymology at Latvian knašs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jo knaš",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unknown-tag"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amā knaš",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liv-noun-kim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīd",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīd",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīdõn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīdõks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaššõst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knašīst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "liv",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "knaš",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "knaš (comp. jo knaš (vel jo knaš), sup. amā knaš)",
      "name": "liv-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Livonian",
  "lang_code": "liv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "äbknaš"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA\nknaš neitst\nbeautiful girl\nta um knaš nei ku bīlda\nhe is beautiful, handsome as a picture"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful, handsome, attractive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ],
        [
          "handsome",
          "handsome"
        ],
        [
          "attractive",
          "attractive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "people are waiting for nice weather",
          "roman": "rovz vȯdlõbõd knaššõ aigõ",
          "text": "Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nice",
          "nice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "pretty, hefty [sum of] money",
          "roman": "knaš rō",
          "text": "Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nice, pretty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nice",
          "nice"
        ],
        [
          "pretty",
          "pretty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) nice, pretty"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/knɑʃː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knaš"
}

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"knaš" meaning in All languages combined

Adjective [Livonian]

Inflected forms