knābis

Latvian
Knābji

Etymology

From the same stem as the verb knābt (“to peck”), made into a masculine 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [knàːbis]
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Noun

knābis m (2nd declension)

  1. (anatomy) beak, bill (rigid structure on the mouth of a bird, used for pecking, grooming, eating, etc.)
    līks knābis ― hooked beak
    ass knābis ― sharp beak
    garš, plats knābis ― long, wide beak
    plakans knābis ― flat beak, bill
    putna knābis noder kā jutīgs darba rīks ― a bird's beak (can) serve as a sensitive tool
    pārstāvis ir liela auguma pusmūža vīrs ar ērgļa knābim līdzīgu degunu ― the agent/representative is a middle-aged tall man with a nose (shaped) like an eagle beak

Declension
Declension of knābis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) knābis knābji
accusative (akuzatīvs) knābi knābjus
genitive (ģenitīvs) knābja knābju
dative (datīvs) knābim knābjiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) knābi knābjiem
locative (lokatīvs) knābī knābjos
vocative (vokatīvs) knābi knābji

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “knābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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