English

Noun

suns

1. plural of sun

Anagrams

• snus

Gothic

Romanization

suns

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃

Latvian

Suns

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *šuo, *šunas (parallel form *šuns), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ś(w)ō[^{need ref.}], from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ, genitive *ḱunós, *ḱunés. An older Latvian form *so is now found only in one dialect (Nīgrande) as a word to call dogs. Cognates include Lithuanian šuõ (genitive šuñs, dialectal šunis), Old Prussian sunis, Proto-Germanic *hundaz (Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 ‎(hunds), Old Norse hundr, Icelandic hundur, Swedish hund, Old High German hunt, Old English hund, German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound), Irish cú, Welsh ci, plural cŵn, Sanskrit श्वन् ‎(śván), genitive शुनस् ‎(śunas), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 ‎(spā), genitive plural [script needed] ‎(sunam), Old Armenian շուն ‎(šun), Ancient Greek κύων ‎(kúōn), Latin canis (Italian cane, Portuguese cão, French chien) ^[1]

Noun

suns m (2nd declension, irregular nominative)

1. domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

   mājas suns‎ ― domestic dog

   medību suns‎ ― hunting dog

   aitu, ganu suns‎ ― shepherd dog

   nikns suns‎ ― wild, angry dog

   suns rej gājēju‎ ― the dog barks at the passer-by

   suņa dzīve, darbs‎ ― a dog's life, work

Declension

Related terms

• šunelis

See also

• kuce
• kucēns

References

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