[kàwns]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *kaunas, from Proto-Indo-European *kau-no-s, from the stem *kaw- (“to humiliate”), which may be related to *kew- (“to bend, to bow”). Cognates include Lithuanian kūvė́ties (“to feel ashamed”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (hauns, “low, depressed”), Old High German hōnida (“shame, dishonor”), German Hohn (“mocking”), Ancient Greek καυνός (kaunós, “bad, ugly”).
- declension-1, masculineshame (moral feeling associated with discomfort felt as a consequence of some (offensive) act, action)
“pārņemt kauns” — to take, accept the shame
“raudāt aiz kauna” — to cry of shame
“nosarkt aiz kauna” — to blush from shame
- declension-1, masculineshame (unpleasant feeling caused by a certain situation, or by (one's or someone else's) inappropriate action, behavior)
“kauns rādīt asaras” — ashamed (lit. shame) to shed tears
“kauns lūgt palīdzību” — ashamed (lit. shame) to ask for help
“kauns par netīro apģērbu” — ashamed (lit. shame) of (one's) dirty clothes
- declension-1, masculineshame, disgrace, dishonor (condition in which one feels or causes shame)
“piedzīvot kaunu” — to experience shame
“uzskatīt kaunu” — to consider (something) a shame
“izdzīt ar kaunu” — to cast (someone) out in shame'
- declension-1, genitive, masculine, usuallyshameful, morally negative
“kauna darbs” — shameful work, mean act
“kauna lieta” — shameful matter, disgrace
“kauna traips” — blemish (lit. shameful spot)
- declension-1, masculinewhat a shame!
“kauns, staltais daugavieti!” — what a shame, (my) tall Daugavian!
- declension-1, masculineshame, shyness, timidity
“atmest kaunu” — to throw away, to abandon shame
“par to, ko aiz neziņas kādreiz vai kauna projām dzinām, par to, ko aiz pierastības neatzinām” — about that which we sometimes drive away because of ignorance or shame, about that which we because of habit do not acknowledge
Formaskauns(nominative, singular) · -(nominative, plural) · kauna(genitive, singular) · -(genitive, plural) · kaunam(dative, singular) · -(dative, plural) · kaunu(accusative, singular) · -(accusative, plural) · kaunu(instrumental, singular) · -(instrumental, plural) · kaunā(locative, singular) · -(locative, plural) · kaun(singular, vocative) · -(plural, vocative)
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