valgus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valgus.

Adjective

valgus (not comparable)

  1. knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)

Derived terms
  • hallux valgus
  • talipes valgus

Estonian

Etymology

From valge +‎ -us. Cognate to Finnish valo (“light”) and Hungarian világ (“world”).

Noun

valgus (genitive valguse, partitive valgust)

  1. light

Declension
Declension of valgus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative valgus valgused
genitive valguse valguste
partitive valgust valguseid
illative valgusesse valgustesse
valguseisse
inessive valguses valgustes
valguseis
elative valgusest valgustest
valguseist
allative valgusele valgustele
valguseile
adessive valgusel valgustel
valguseil
ablative valguselt valgustelt
valguseilt
translative valguseks valgusteks
valguseiks
terminative valguseni valgusteni
essive valgusena valgustena
abessive valguseta valgusteta
comitative valgusega valgustega

Derived terms

French

Adjective

valgus (invariable)

  1. knock-kneed

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“I roll”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

valgus (feminine valga, neuter valgum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. bent out
  2. bow-legged, bandy
  3. (figurative) wry, sarcastic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative valgus valga valgum valgī valgae valga
Genitive valgī valgae valgī valgōrum valgārum valgōrum
Dative valgō valgō valgīs
Accusative valgum valgam valgum valgōs valgās valga
Ablative valgō valgā valgō valgīs
Vocative valge valga valgum valgī valgae valga

Coordinate terms
  • (bow-legged): vārus (knock-kneed)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Catalan: valg
  • → English: valgus

References
  • “valgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • valgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Latvian

Adjective

valgus

  1. accusative plural masculine of valgs

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French valgus.

Noun

valgus n (uncountable)

  1. valgus

Declension
declension of valgus (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) valgus valgusul
genitive/dative (unui) valgus valgusului
vocative valgusule
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