plauksta
Latvian
plaukstas
Etymology
Cognate with Russian плюсна́ (pljusná), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pl(j)ousk-. Pokorny compares Latin plautus (“flatfooted”), Latin plaudo (“I applaud”), Ancient Greek πλαίσιον (plaísion, “oblong case”), but a shared origin for all of these words is far from certain; possibly [1] Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”).
Noun
plauksta f (4th declension)
- hand
- palm (inner, concave part of hand)
- Synonym: delna
Declension
Declension of plauksta (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | plauksta | plaukstas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | plaukstu | plaukstas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | plaukstas | plaukstu |
| dative (datīvs) | plaukstai | plaukstām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | plaukstu | plaukstām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | plaukstā | plaukstās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | plauksta | plaukstas |
See also
- roka
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “plauksta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 838