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dundurs

dundurs

Latvian

Dundurs

Noun

dundurs m (1st declension)

  1. horsefly, gadfly (medium to large flies (family: Tabanidae, especially Tabanus spp.) that suck the blood of mammals)
    dunduru laikshorsefly time, weather
    atgaiņāt dundurus ― to repel, drive away horseflies
    rūc kā dundurs ― (s/he) growls like a horsefly (i.e., sings very badly)
    dunduri ēda nost zirgus un uzbruka arī cilvēkiem, kur vien varēdami piekļūt un pasūkt asinishorseflies ate away the horses and attacked also people, wherever they could go and suck blood

Declension

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), dundurs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7