vingrs
Latvian
Etymology
From an earlier verb *vingt (“to bend”) (the r follows the pattern of stingt “to harden, to stiffen,” stingrs “firm, strong, strict”), from Proto-Baltic *wing-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to bend, to incline”) with an extra g. Cognates include Lithuanian vingrùs (“tortuous, sinuous; agile, able, skillful”), Old Prussian wingriskan (“cunning, deceit(ful)”) (accusative).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vīŋɡɾs]
Adjective
vingrs (definite vingrais, comparative vingrāks, superlative visvingrākais, adverb vingri)
- (of people, their bodies) firm, strong, fit, agile, flexible (physically well developed)
- vingrs augums ― firm body
- parādījās arī citi viesi... Šarlene griezās ap tiem kā atspole, atkal atsperīga un vingra ― the other guests appeared... Šarlene turned around them like a shuttle, springy and agile
- Anna bija skaista sieva, viņa izskatījās tik jauna,... bija vingra, cēla un lokana ― Anna was a beautiful woman, she looked so young,... (she) was fit, sublime and flexible
- mani locekļi bija vingri un viegli, un miesa it kā bez smaguma ― my limbs were firm and light, and the flesh (= body) (was) as if almost weightless
- (of movement) agile, strong
- vingra gaita ― agile gait
- te aizmugurē ieskanas steidzīgi, vingri soļi, ar kādiem mēdz iet pašapzinīgi, spara pilni cilvēki ― here, behind (us), agile, quick steps resonate, the kind that self-confident, energetic people walk with
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of vingrs
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | vingrs | vingri | vingra | vingras | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | vingru | vingrus | vingru | vingras | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | vingra | vingru | vingras | vingru | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | vingram | vingriem | vingrai | vingrām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | vingru | vingriem | vingru | vingrām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | vingrā | vingros | vingrā | vingrās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Synonyms
- knašs
- nasks
- ņiprs
- veikls
- žigls
Related terms
- vingrināt, vingrinājums
- vingrot, vingrojums, vingrošana, vingrotājs, vingrotāja
- vingrums
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vingrs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN