strazds
Latvian
Mājas strazds
Dziedātājstrazds
Alternative forms
- (dialectal form) strads
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *trazdas with an additional initial s-, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). In some Latvian dialects, the z was eliminated by dissimilation, yielding strads.
Cognates include Lithuanian strãzdas, dialectal strazdà, strazà, strãzas, Old Prussian tresde, Proto-Slavic *trozdъ, from *drozdъ (Russian, Bulgarian дрозд (drozd), Ukrainian дрізд (drizd), Czech drozd, dialectal drozda, zdrozda, drozen, Polish drozd), Proto-Germanic *þrau(d)-st-, *þrōst-, *þrast-ur (Old High German drōsca-, German Drossel, English throstle, Old Norse þrǭstr-, Norwegian trost, Swedish trast), Breton trask, draskl, tred, dred, Latin turdus (< *tr̥zdos) (Spanish tordo, Portuguese tordo, Italian tordo).[1]
Noun
strazds m (1st declension)
- starling, thrush, throstle (gregarious birds of the families Sturnidae and Turdidae; various species)
- strazdu dzimta ― the starling family (Sturnidae)
- strazdu būris ― a bird house (for starlings)
- mājas strazds ― common (lit. house) starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- sila strazds ― mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- dziedātājstrazds ― song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Declension
Declension of strazds (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | strazds | strazdi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | strazdu | strazdus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | strazda | strazdu |
| dative (datīvs) | strazdam | strazdiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | strazdu | strazdiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | strazdā | strazdos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | strazd | strazdi |
Derived terms
- dziedātājstrazds
- mājas strazds
- melnais mežastrazds, melnais meža strazds, melnais strazds
- pelēkais strazds
- sila strazds
- strazdiene
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “strazds”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN