"kucēns" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

Etymology: Morphologically from kuce (“female dog”) + -ēns. Karulis, however, considers this to be the primary term and kuce its derivative. From Proto-Indo-European *kew- : *kū̆- (“to swell; to bend (over)”), whence also Latvian kukt (“to hunch one's back”). Development of meaning "round" > "such that rolls around; clumsy," from the initial sense also dialectal kucens (“fabric/knitting that has been rolled into a ball”), compare also dialectal kučka (“female dog; a roll, tumble [placing one's head down and rolling over]”). The development of the sense "puppy" has been gradual: in the 17th century recorded as meaning "kitten" as well. Up to mid 1930's the standard form was kucens. Viewing this term as a diminutive, the term kuce was reverse derived. The latter is absent from G. Mancelis' dictionary, the term kuņa is listed for the sense "female dog," in G. Elgers' dictionary kuca is listed along kuņa, kuce is not to be found in any 18th century dictionaries, nor K. Valdemārs' dictionary from the 19th century. J. Neikens & K. Ulmanis' dictionary lists kuca as a "rare word." Alternative theories on the origin of kuce: #kuce has been the primary form and kucēns its derivative, cf. Lithuanian kùcė (“sheep [child talk]; female dog”), kùcas, kùcinas (“a small dog, small horse; male sheep”) #kuce is of the same origin as Latvian kaukt (“to howl”), cf. also Bulgarian куче (kuče, “dog”) [also Serbo-Croatian kuče (“puppy”), however, both of these are considered borrowings from Hungarian kutya] #the term is based on the exclamation kuc! to call dogs (Berneker, Fraenkel, Endzelīns), however, Lithuanian kùc! is a call for pigs and kucà — for sheep. Endzelīns also considers the possibility that kuce is a borrowing, Būga considers the origin of this term unclear. Etymology templates: {{suffix|lv|kuce|ēns|gloss1=female dog}} kuce (“female dog”) + -ēns, {{inh|lv|ine-pro|*kew- : *kū̆-|t=to swell; to bend (over)}} Proto-Indo-European *kew- : *kū̆- (“to swell; to bend (over)”), {{cog|lv|kukt|t=to hunch one's back}} Latvian kukt (“to hunch one's back”), {{cog|lt|kùcė|t=sheep 􂀿child talk􂁀; female dog}} Lithuanian kùcė (“sheep [child talk]; female dog”), {{cog|lv|kaukt|t=to howl}} Latvian kaukt (“to howl”), {{cog|bg|куче|t=dog}} Bulgarian куче (kuče, “dog”), {{cog|sh|kuče|t=puppy}} Serbo-Croatian kuče (“puppy”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} kucēns m, {{lv-noun|m|1st}} kucēns m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|kucēn|s|1st}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|kucēn|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|kucēns|kucēni|kucēnu|kucēnus|kucēna|kucēnu|kucēnam|kucēniem|kucēnu|kucēniem|kucēnā|kucēnos|kucēn|kucēni|type=1st declension|x=0}} Forms: declension-1 [table-tags], kucēns [nominative, singular], kucēni [nominative, plural], kucēnu [accusative, singular], kucēnus [accusative, plural], kucēna [genitive, singular], kucēnu [genitive, plural], kucēnam [dative, singular], kucēniem [dative, plural], kucēnu [instrumental, singular], kucēniem [instrumental, plural], kucēnā [locative, singular], kucēnos [locative, plural], kucēn [singular, vocative], kucēni [plural, vocative]
  1. baby dog, puppy Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-kucēns-lv-noun-gVbh9rfw
  2. baby or young member of other canid species Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Dogs
    Sense id: en-kucēns-lv-noun-OdUrQhWB Disambiguation of Baby animals: 38 62 Disambiguation of Dogs: 27 73 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian terms suffixed with -ēns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 18 82 Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -ēns: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: šunelis Related terms: kuce, suns

Inflected forms

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        "1": "kucēns",
        "10": "kucēniem",
        "11": "kucēnā",
        "12": "kucēnos",
        "13": "kucēn",
        "14": "kucēni",
        "2": "kucēni",
        "3": "kucēnu",
        "4": "kucēnus",
        "5": "kucēna",
        "6": "kucēnu",
        "7": "kucēnam",
        "8": "kucēniem",
        "9": "kucēnu",
        "type": "1st declension",
        "x": "0"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kuce"
    },
    {
      "word": "suns"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a bitch with her puppies",
          "text": "kuce ar kucēniem",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "baby dog, puppy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baby",
          "baby"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
        ],
        [
          "puppy",
          "puppy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "fox puppies",
          "text": "lapsas kucēni",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the (female) wolf gave birth to puppies",
          "text": "vilcenei atskrējuši kucēni",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "baby or young member of other canid species"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baby",
          "baby"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ],
        [
          "canid",
          "canid"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "šunelis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kucēns"
}

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