runcis

Latvian

Etymology

The origin of this word is unclear. It is possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *rew-, *rū-, *ru- (“to run, to rush”), via a previous adjective *runs, *rūns, on the model of brūns (“brown”), bruncis (“brown, bay horse”) (a variant of brūnis). Others have suggested that runcis is related to runa (“talk”); yet others, to rūkt (“to growl; to roar”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾūntsis]

Noun

runcis m (2nd declension)

  1. male cat, tom cat, he-cat
    kad runča nav mājās, tad peles virs galda lēkā ― when the tomcat is not home, the mice jump over the table

Declension

Declension of runcis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative runcis runči
genitive runča runču
dative runcim runčiem
accusative runci runčus
instrumental runci runčiem
locative runcī runčos
vocative runci runči

See also

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “runcis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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