daikts
Latvian
editEtymology
editInitially the past particle of an earlier verb *daigt (“to stab, to prick, to pierce”) (i.e., “pierced (thing)” > “(piercing) instrument” > “tool, thing”), From Proto-Baltic *daig-, from Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick into, pierce”), whence also dīgt (“to sprout, to shoot, to germinate”). Cognate to Lithuanian dáiktas (cf. also dáigyti (“to prick”)).[1]
Noun
editdaikts m (1st declension)
- (colloquial) tool, instrument; also, thing
- uz galda, divas tintnīcas, gūzma rakstāmo daiktu ― on the table, two inkwells, a bunch of writing tools
- vienā istabā atpūtās ēvelsols, lielie namdara kalti, ēveles un citi daikti ― in one room there was a carpenter bench, large carpenter chisels, planes and other tools
- apbruņojies ar grābekli, kapli, lāpstu un citiem tīrīšanai vajadzīgiem daiktiem, tēvocis Antons sāk dārzā spodrības nedēļas darbus ― armed with rake, hoe, shovel and other cleaning tools, uncle Antons begins the work of cleaning week in the garden
- nevarētu ticēt, ka šie resnie pirksti diendienā rīkojas ar tiem smalkākajiem daiktiem dažādos mūzikas instrumentos, atrod visnoslēptākos bojājumus un prot tos izlabot ― one could not believe that these fat fingers handled every day the smallest gadgets, tools in various musical instruments, found the most hidden imperfections and fixed them
Declension
editDeclension of daikts (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | daikts | daikti |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | daiktu | daiktus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | daikta | daiktu |
dative (datīvs) | daiktam | daiktiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | daiktu | daiktiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | daiktā | daiktos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | daikt | daikti |
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dīgt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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- Latvian etymologies from LEV
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeygʷ-
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian colloquialisms
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian first declension nouns
- lv:Tools