kurls
Latvian
Kurlas meitenes
Alternative forms
- (dialectal form) kursls
Etymology
From a parallel form *kurt of the (old) verb kurst (“to be(come) pierced, hollow, torn”), derived with an extra -l (cf. also the dialectal form kursls, from kurst). The semantic evolution was: “with holes, hollow” > “having ears with holes, mutilated ears” > “not hearing well” > “deaf.” Cognates include Lithuanian kur̃čias, dialectal kur̃las, kur̃tas, Old Church Slavonic кърнъ (kŭrnŭ, “mutilated (ears, nose)”), Avestan karna-, Kurdish kerr.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kûɾls]
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- IPA(key): [kūɾls]
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Adjective
kurls (definite kurlais, comparative kurlāks, superlative viskurlākais, adverb (none))
- deaf (not capable of hearing sounds)
- kurlas meitenes ― deaf girls
- būt kurlam ar labo ausi ― to be deaf on the right ear
- viņa bija pilnīgi kurla, sen jau atradinājusies klausīties un mēģināt saprast, ko citi runāja ― she was completely deaf, she had long ago given up listening and trying to understand what others say
- ausis bija pilnīgi aizkritušas, viņš gāja kā kurls ― (his) ears were completely closed, he walked as if deaf
- ausis kurlas no lādiņu kaucieniem un detonācijām ― (his) ears (were) deaf from the howl and detonation of the (bomb)shells
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- deaf (who does not want to listen; disobedient)
- būt kurlam pret labiem padomiem ― to be deaf to good advice
- Ieva bija un palika pret šiem svarīgiem krusttēva pierādījumiem kurla ― Ieva was and remained deaf to her uncle's important (pieces of) evidence
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Usage notes
Level intonation is the standard intonation for the term kurls (“deaf”) according to Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca, pronunciation with a broken intonation is very common, however.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kurls
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kurls | kurli | kurla | kurlas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kurlu | kurlus | kurlu | kurlas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kurla | kurlu | kurlas | kurlu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | kurlam | kurliem | kurlai | kurlām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kurlu | kurliem | kurlu | kurlām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | kurlā | kurlos | kurlā | kurlās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- apkurlt
- kurlums
- pakurls
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “kurls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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