[aknas]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *yeknā-, *yaknā-, from the genitive form *yekʷ-né-s of Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”), an old, n/r-alternating stem. Cognates include Lithuanian jẽknos, dialectal ãknos, Old Prussian lagno (apparently a misspelled iagno), Sanskrit यकृत् (yakṛt) (genitive यक्नः (yaknáḥ)) Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar) (genitive ἧπατος (hêpatos)), Latin iecur.
- declension-4, feminine, pluralliver (internal organ of humans and animals, gland that produces bile)
“aknu slimības” — liver diseases
“aknu uztūkums” — swelling of the liver
“aknu funkcijas” — liver functions
- declension-4, feminine, pluralthis organ of an animal, used as food
“ceptas, sautētas aknas” — fried, stewed liver
“aknu desa, pastēte” — liver sausage, pâté
“ļoti labs A vitamīna avots uzturā ir liellopu un cūku aknas, kā arī mencu aknu konservi” — a very good source of vitamin A in one's diet is cow and pig liver, as well as canned cod liver
Formas-(nominative, singular) · aknas(nominative, plural) · -(genitive, singular) · aknu(genitive, plural) · -(dative, singular) · aknām(dative, plural) · -(accusative, singular) · aknas(accusative, plural) · -(instrumental, singular) · aknām(instrumental, plural) · -(locative, singular) · aknās(locative, plural) · -(singular, vocative) · aknas(plural, vocative) · aknis(alternative)