ilgs
See also: Ilgs
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dílˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós. Karulis posits that the d- visible in Slavic and Indic is prefixal, but the consensus reconstruction makes the *d part of the root, with *dl simplifying to l also in Latin and Germanic.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [īlɡs]
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Adjective
ilgs (definite ilgais, comparative ilgāks, superlative visilgākais, adverb ilgi)
- (time) long (a large period of time)
- aizbraukt uz ilgu laiku ― to depart for a long time
- pēc ilgiem laikiem atgriezties ― to return after a long time
- sarunāties par ilgu ― to talk too long
- long, long time (that which lasts or happens for a while, that which takes a while)
- ilgs brauciens, ceļojums ― long trip
- ilga pastaiga ― long walk
- ilga cīņa ― long struggle
- ilgs miegs ― long sleep
- nodzīvot ilgu mūžu ― to live a long life
- desmit minūšu ilgs pārtraukums ― a ten minute long pause
- long (that which took a while to acquire)
- ilga pieredze ― long experience
- ilgie novērojumi ― long observations
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of ilgs
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | ilgs | ilgi | ilga | ilgas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | ilgu | ilgus | ilgu | ilgas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ilga | ilgu | ilgas | ilgu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | ilgam | ilgiem | ilgai | ilgām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | ilgu | ilgiem | ilgu | ilgām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | ilgā | ilgos | ilgā | ilgās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ilgs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN