runcis

Latvian

Etymology

The origin of this word is unclear. It is possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *rew-, *rū-, *ru- (“to run, to rush”), via a previous adjective *runs, *rūns, on the model of brūns (“brown”), bruncis (“brown, bay horse”) (a variant of brūnis). Others have suggested that runcis is related to runa (“talk”); yet others, to rūkt (“to growl; to roar”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾūntsis]

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Noun

runcis m (2nd declension)

male cat, tom cat, he-cat
kad runča nav mājās, tad peles virs galda lēkā ― when the tomcat is not home, the mice jump over the table

Declension

Declension of runcis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	runcis	runči
accusative (akuzatīvs)	runci	runčus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	runča	runču
dative (datīvs)	runcim	runčiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	runci	runčiem
locative (lokatīvs)	runcī	runčos
vocative (vokatīvs)	runci	runči

References

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “runcis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “runcis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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