kurns

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrnas or *kúrˀnas. Compare Proto-Slavic *kъrnъ (maimed). Related to kur̃ls (deaf), Lithuanian kur̃čias (deaf) with different suffixes.[1]

Adjective

kurns (definite kurnais, no adverb)

  1. (rare) deaf
    Synonyms: kurls, nedzirdīgs

Usage notes

The related word kurls is the commonly used term for "deaf".

Declension

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “kurns”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

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