"vilks" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

IPA: [vìlks] Audio: Lv-vilks.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. The word would originally have been a descriptive nickname ('the killer, the plunderer, the destroyer'), the original name having perhaps become a taboo word. Note that similarly formed nicknames for “wolf” still occur in modern Latvian: pelēcis (“gray one”), mežainis (“forest one”), mežavīrs (“forest man”), vecbrālis (“old brother”), etc. Etymology templates: {{inh|lv|ine-bsl-pro|*wilkás}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, {{inh|lv|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}} Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} vilks m, {{lv-noun|m|1st}} vilks m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|vilk|s|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|vilk|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|vilks|vilki|vilku|vilkus|vilka|vilku|vilkam|vilkiem|vilku|vilkiem|vilkā|vilkos|vilk|vilki|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-1 [table-tags], vilks [nominative, singular], vilki [nominative, plural], vilku [accusative, singular], vilkus [accusative, plural], vilka [genitive, singular], vilku [genitive, plural], vilkam [dative, singular], vilkiem [dative, plural], vilku [instrumental, singular], vilkiem [instrumental, plural], vilkā [locative, singular], vilkos [locative, plural], vilk [singular, vocative], vilki [plural, vocative]
  1. wolf (esp. Canis lupus) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (lifeform): Canids, Mammals Derived forms: vilcene, vilcēns, vilku mēnesis
    Sense id: en-vilks-lv-noun-TZnzyxdN Disambiguation of Canids: 90 10 Disambiguation of Mammals: 87 13 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 67 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 11 11 11

Verb

IPA: [vìlks] Audio: Lv-vilks.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. The word would originally have been a descriptive nickname ('the killer, the plunderer, the destroyer'), the original name having perhaps become a taboo word. Note that similarly formed nicknames for “wolf” still occur in modern Latvian: pelēcis (“gray one”), mežainis (“forest one”), mežavīrs (“forest man”), vecbrālis (“old brother”), etc. Etymology templates: {{inh|lv|ine-bsl-pro|*wilkás}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, {{inh|lv|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}} Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Head templates: {{head|lv|verb form}} vilks
  1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of vilkt Tags: form-of, future, indicative, plural, singular, third-person Form of: vilkt
    Sense id: en-vilks-lv-verb--2Fq~K~J Categories (other): Latvian words with falling intonation Disambiguation of Latvian words with falling intonation: 15 85

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wĺ̥kʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. The word would originally have been a descriptive nickname ('the killer, the plunderer, the destroyer'), the original name having perhaps become a taboo word. Note that similarly formed nicknames for “wolf” still occur in modern Latvian: pelēcis (“gray one”), mežainis (“forest one”), mežavīrs (“forest man”), vecbrālis (“old brother”), etc.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "vilks",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "vilkt"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular/plural future indicative of vilkt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vilkt",
          "vilkt#Latvian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vìlks]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Lv-vilks.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/Lv-vilks.ogg/Lv-vilks.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Lv-vilks.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lv:vilks"
  ],
  "word": "vilks"
}

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