lielains
Latvian
Etymology
From liels (“big, large”) + -ains.
Adjective
lielains (lielainais, lielaināks, vislielainākais adverb, lielaini)
- (of trees, especially conifers) having an annual hard widening or growth (especially conifer) trunk on one side (e.g., on spruces); syn. liels.
- lielaina egle, priede ― spruce, pine having a growth on the side
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of lielains
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | lielains | lielaini | lielaina | lielainas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | lielainu | lielainus | lielainu | lielainas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | lielaina | lielainu | lielainas | lielainu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | lielainam | lielainiem | lielainai | lielainām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | lielainu | lielainiem | lielainu | lielainām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | lielainā | lielainos | lielainā | lielainās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Derived terms
- lielainums