pasaka

See also pasakā

Latvian

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Pasaku grāmata

Etymology

From pa- +‎ the verb sacīt (“to say, to tell”) (in its present tense stem sak-); cf. dialectal saka (“tale, saying”). The original meaning was thus “something to be said, told.” Cognates include Lithuanian pãsaka.

Pronunciation

Noun

pasaka f, 4th declension

1. legend, folktale, fairy tale (folkloric narrative, typically including fantastic or magic elements; the corresponding folkloric genre)

   vākt, publicēt tautas pasakas — to collect, to publish folk tales

   latviešu tautas pasakas — Latvian folktales

   pasaku teicējs, stastītājs — storyteller

   pasaku grāmata — book of folktales

   stastīt bērniem pasakas — to tell fairy tales to the children

   dzīvnieku pasakas — animal tales

   K. Skalbes pasakas — K. Skalbe's fairy tales

2. (figuratively) uncommonly beautiful, pleasant, good

   kā pasakā — as in a fairy tale (i.e., very good, very beautiful)

   tā nebija platmale, bet pasaka! — that was not a hat, but a fairy tale!

   visiem tas šķita pasaka, nevis kuģis — to all it seemed more like a fairy tale than a ship

3. (usually plural) nonsense, fantasy, exaggerations, rumors

   nestāsti nu pasakas! — don't you tell fairy tales!

   tās ir tīrās pasakas — this is pure fantasy

Declension

declension of pasaka

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	pasaka	pasakas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pasaku	pasakas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pasakas	pasaku
dative (datīvs)	pasakai	pasakām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pasaku	pasakām
locative (lokatīvs)	pasakā	pasakās
vocative (vokatīvs)	pasaka	pasakas

Derived terms

• pasakains

References