bōr

See also: bor, Bor, BOR, bór, bőr, boŗ, -bor, and Bor.

Livonian

Etymology

Apparently from Latvian bārs (“orphaned, weak, vulnerable”). Suhonen lists a form bōriņ as a borrowing from Latvian bāriņš[1] a variant of bārenis used in some compounds, e.g., bāriņtiesa (“custody court, family court”). This entry is for the form listed in LĒL.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boːr/

Noun

bōr

  1. an orphan

Declension
Declension of bōr (125)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) bōr bōrõd
genitive (genitīv) bōr bōrõd
partitive (partitīv) bōrõ bōridi
dative (datīv) bōrõn bōrõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) bōrõks bōrõdõks
illative (illatīv) bōrõ bōriž
inessive (inesīv) bōrsõ
bōrs		 bōris
elative (elatīv) bōrstõ
bōrst		 bōrist

Synonyms

References
  1. Seppo Suhonen (1973), Die jungen lettischen Lehnwörter im livischen, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
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