"kreilis" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

IPA: [kɾēīlis] Audio: lv-riga-kreilis.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *sker-, *ker-, *kr̥- (“to turn, to bend”), changed to Proto-Baltic *krei-, with a suffix -r, giving rise to an adjective *kreiras > *kreilas (compare archaic adjective krails (“bent, crooked”)) and a noun *kreiris. The meaning evolved from “bent, crooked” to “not strong, clumsy, weaker, less good,” hence “left (hand),” as opposed to the “good,” “able” right hand, and then to “left-hander.” Cognates include Lithuanian kairỹs (“left-hander”) ( < *krairys). Etymology templates: {{uder|lv|ine-pro|*sker-}} Proto-Indo-European *sker-, {{uder|lv|bat-pro|*krei-}} Proto-Baltic *krei-, {{cog|lt|kairỹs||left-hander}} Lithuanian kairỹs (“left-hander”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} kreilis m, {{lv-noun|m|2nd|fem=kreile}} kreilis m (2nd declension, feminine form: kreile) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|krei|is|2nd||l|ļ}}, {{lv-decl-noun-2|krei|is|4=|5=l|6=ļ|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|kreilis|kreiļi|kreili|kreiļus|kreiļa|kreiļu|kreilim|kreiļiem|kreili|kreiļiem|kreilī|kreiļos|kreili|kreiļi|type=2nd declension|x=0}} Forms: kreile [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], kreilis [nominative, singular], kreiļi [nominative, plural], kreiļa [genitive, singular], kreiļu [genitive, plural], kreilim [dative, singular], kreiļiem [dative, plural], kreili [accusative, singular], kreiļus [accusative, plural], kreili [instrumental, singular], kreiļiem [instrumental, plural], kreilī [locative, singular], kreiļos [locative, plural], kreili [singular, vocative], kreiļi [plural, vocative]
  1. (male) left-hander, left-handed man (someone who is better with his left hand than with his right hand) Wikipedia link: lv:kreilis Tags: declension-2, masculine Derived forms: kreilība Related terms: kreiss
    Sense id: en-kreilis-lv-noun-PZg2oj14 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian undefined derivations, Latvian words with level intonation, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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