lokans
Latvian
Etymology
From a dialectal adjective loks (“flexible”) (with an extra -an), from the same stem as liekt (“to bend”) (q.v.).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lùokans]
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Adjective
lokans (definite lokanais, comparative lokanāks, superlative vislokanākais, adverb lokani)
- flexible (such that it bends easily without breaking)
- lokans zars ― flexible branch
- lokani zāles stiebri ― flexible grass blades, stems
- lazdas koksne ir ļoti lokana un sīksta ― hazel wood is very flexible and tough
- viegls vējiņš šūpoja bērzu lokanos zarus ― a light breeze rocked the flexible birch tree branches
- (of people, animals, their bodies and body parts) flexible, agile (capable of agile movements)
- lokans viduklis ― flexible waist
- lokani pirksti ― flexible fingers
- lokana mugura ― flexible back
- lokanas meža kaķes ― agile forest cats (lynxes)
- sīkais lokanais Arturs izskatījās gluži kā puika ― little agile Arturs looked just like a boy
- (figuratively) flexible, agile (capable of working quickly in a range of situations and variations)
- lokans prāts ― agile, flexible mind
- lokana balss ― agile, flexible voice (which changes easily of height, timbre, etc.)
- lokana mēle ― agile, flexible tongue (said of someone who talks a lot, easily, and convincingly, like e.g. a salesman)
- (figuratively, of circumstances) flexible (adapting, capable of admitting significant changes in their conditions)
- padomju aparātam jābūt lokanam, saliedētam, spējīgam precīzi un ātri realizēt partijas un valdības direktīvas ― a Soviet unit (apparat) must be flexible, cohesive, and able to carry out precisely and quickly the party and government directives
- (figuratively, of words, language) flexible (expressive, nuanced)
- mēs priecāmies par to, ka rakstnieka frāze kļuvusi lokanāka, koncentrētāka, domām bagātāka ― we are glad that the writer's phrase (= style) has become more flexible, more focused, richer in thoughts
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of lokans
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | lokans | lokani | lokana | lokanas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | lokanu | lokanus | lokanu | lokanas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | lokana | lokanu | lokanas | lokanu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | lokanam | lokaniem | lokanai | lokanām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | lokanu | lokaniem | lokanu | lokanām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | lokanā | lokanos | lokanā | lokanās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Derived terms
- lokanība
- lokanums
Related terms
- liekt
- locīt
- loks
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “loks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN