"alnis" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

IPA: [âlnis] Audio: lv-riga-alnis.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Baltic *alnis, from a derived form of Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“white, light, also reddish-brown color”) (maybe *h₁elh₁ēn). In ancient Latvian, alnis must have meant “deer” (in general), as in other Baltic languages; in this sense, however, the word disappeared, perhaps as a consequence of the diminishing numbers of this species in nature. Juris Alunāns reintroduced it into the literary language in the 19th century with its original meaning (“deer”), but, by the beginning of the 20th century, it had changed to its modern meaning (“elk”). Cognates include Lithuanian élnias, dialectal álnis (“deer”), Old Prussian alne (“wild animal”) (probably earlier “female deer”), Old Church Slavonic лани (lani), Russian лань (lanʹ), Czech laně (“female deer”), Proto-Slavic *(j)elenь (Old Church Slavonic ѥлєнь (jelenĭ), Russian and Ukrainian оле́нь (olénʹ), Belarusian але́нь (aljénʹ), Bulgarian еле́н (elén), Czech jelen, Polish jeleń), Ancient Greek ἑλλός (hellós, “dear-calf”), ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”) (< *h₁éln̥bʰos). Etymology templates: {{inh|lv|bat-pro|*alnis}} Proto-Baltic *alnis, {{der|lv|ine-pro|*h₁el-||white, light, also reddish-brown color}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“white, light, also reddish-brown color”), {{coin|lv|Juris Alunāns|notext=1}} Juris Alunāns, {{cog|lt|élnias}} Lithuanian élnias, {{cog|prg|alne||wild animal}} Old Prussian alne (“wild animal”), {{cog|cu|лани}} Old Church Slavonic лани (lani), {{cog|ru|лань}} Russian лань (lanʹ), {{cog|cs|laně||female deer}} Czech laně (“female deer”), {{cog|sla-pro|*(j)elenь}} Proto-Slavic *(j)elenь, {{cog|cu|ѥлєнь}} Old Church Slavonic ѥлєнь (jelenĭ), {{cog|uk|оле́нь}} Ukrainian оле́нь (olénʹ), {{cog|be|але́нь}} Belarusian але́нь (aljénʹ), {{cog|bg|еле́н}} Bulgarian еле́н (elén), {{cog|cs|jelen}} Czech jelen, {{cog|pl|jeleń}} Polish jeleń, {{cog|grc|ἑλλός||dear-calf}} Ancient Greek ἑλλός (hellós, “dear-calf”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} alnis m, {{lv-noun|m|2nd}} alnis m (2nd declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|a|is|2nd||ln|ļņ|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-2|a|is|4=|5=ln|6=ļņ|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|alnis|aļņi|alni|aļņus|aļņa|aļņu|alnim|aļņiem|alni|aļņiem|alnī|aļņos|alni|aļņi|type=2nd declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-2 [table-tags], alnis [nominative, singular], aļņi [nominative, plural], alni [accusative, singular], aļņus [accusative, plural], aļņa [genitive, singular], aļņu [genitive, plural], alnim [dative, singular], aļņiem [dative, plural], alni [instrumental, singular], aļņiem [instrumental, plural], alnī [locative, singular], aļņos [locative, plural], alni [singular, vocative], aļņi [plural, vocative]
  1. elk, moose (Alces alces) Wikipedia link: lv:alnis Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (lifeform): Mammals
    Sense id: en-alnis-lv-noun-NgbAJ0ma Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian words with broken intonation, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "3": "2nd",
        "4": "",
        "5": "ln",
        "6": "ļņ",
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      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alnis",
        "10": "aļņiem",
        "11": "alnī",
        "12": "aļņos",
        "13": "alni",
        "14": "aļņi",
        "2": "aļņi",
        "3": "alni",
        "4": "aļņus",
        "5": "aļņa",
        "6": "aļņu",
        "7": "alnim",
        "8": "aļņiem",
        "9": "alni",
        "type": "2nd declension",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian coinages",
        "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
        "Latvian lemmas",
        "Latvian masculine nouns",
        "Latvian nouns",
        "Latvian second declension nouns",
        "Latvian terms coined by Juris Alunāns",
        "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic",
        "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Baltic",
        "Latvian terms with usage examples",
        "Latvian words with broken intonation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "lv:Mammals"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "elk antlers",
          "text": "aļņa ragi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "elk calf",
          "text": "aļņu telēns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to hunt elk",
          "text": "medīt aļņus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in the little clearing a large, beautiful forest elk appeared, with mighty flat horns",
          "text": "klajumiņā parādījās meža skaistulis alnis ar vareniem lāpstveida ragiem",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elk, moose (Alces alces)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elk",
          "elk"
        ],
        [
          "moose",
          "moose"
        ],
        [
          "Alces alces",
          "Alces alces#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "lv:alnis"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[âlnis]"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/Lv-riga-alnis.ogg/Lv-riga-alnis.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "alnis"
}

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