tukls
Latvian
Etymology
Derived from tukt (“to swell, to become thick, fat”), a dialectal variant of tūkt (“to swell”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian tuklùs (“quickly fattened; fat, stout; overweight”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
tukls (definite tuklais, comparative tuklāks, superlative vistuklākais, adverb tukli)
- (of people, animals, body parts) fat, chubby, plump, corpulent (having a relatively thick layer of fat)
- tukls cilvēks ― fat, corpulent person
- tukli vaigi, pirksti ― fat cheecks, fingers
- tukls sivēns ― fat piglet
- pa laukiem skraidīja tuklās lauku peles ― through the fields ran fat field mice
Declension
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tukls | tukli | tukla | tuklas | |
| genitive | tukla | tuklu | tuklas | tuklu | |
| dative | tuklam | tukliem | tuklai | tuklām | |
| accusative | tuklu | tuklus | tuklu | tuklas | |
| instrumental | tuklu | tukliem | tuklu | tuklām | |
| locative | tuklā | tuklos | tuklā | tuklās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tuklais | tuklie | tuklā | tuklās | |
| genitive | tuklā | tuklo | tuklās | tuklo | |
| dative | tuklajam | tuklajiem | tuklajai | tuklajām | |
| accusative | tuklo | tuklos | tuklo | tuklās | |
| instrumental | tuklo | tuklajiem | tuklo | tuklajām | |
| locative | tuklajā | tuklajos | tuklajā | tuklajās | |
| vocative | tuklo, tuklais | tuklie | tuklo, tuklā | tuklās | |
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References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “tukls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN