klepus
Latvian
Klepus
Etymology
From the same stem as Latvian klabēt (“to rumble, to rattle”) (q.v.), but with an extra -p. Originally, this word was probably the description of a sound; compare Lithuanian interjection klèpt! and verbs klepčióti, klepuóti, klapsė́ti (“to rumble, to rattle, to knock”). Cognates include Lithuanian klepùs (“contentious, quarrelsome”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [klæpus]
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Noun
klepus m (3rd declension)
- cough, coughing (a sudden noisy burst of air from one's mouth, often a disease symptom)
- sauss, mokošs klepus ― dry, painful cough
- dziļš klepus ― deep cough
- rejošs klepus ― strong, deep (lit. barking) cough
- klepus lēkme ― coughing (lit. cough attack)
- aizturēt klepus ― to hold (one's) cough(ing)
- garais klepus ― whooping cough (lit. the long cough)
- viņam uznāca stiprs klepus ― he coughed strongly (lit. to him came a strong cough)
Declension
Declension of klepus (3rd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | klepus | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | klepu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | klepus | — |
| dative (datīvs) | klepum | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | klepu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | klepū | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | klepus | — |
Synonyms
- kāss
Related terms
- klepot
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “klepus”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN