sapnis

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *súpnos, *swépnos (“dream”). Cognates include Lithuanian sapnas, Old Church Slavonic сънъ (sŭnŭ), Latin somnus, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (hupnos), Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna), Old English swefn.

Noun

sapnis m, 2nd declension

1. dream (images seen during sleep)

   sapņa saturs — dream content

   sapņa sižets — dream story, plot

   redzēt sapni — to have (lit. see) a dream

2. dream (a desire which one wishes to see come true)

   sapnis par laimi — dream of happiness

   pārvērst sapni par īstenību — to turn a dream into reality

   jaunības sapņi — youthful dreams

   nepiepildāms sapnis — an impossible, unfulfillable dream

Declension

declension of sapnis

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sapnis	sapņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sapni	sapņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sapņa	sapņu
dative (datīvs)	sapnim	sapņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sapni	sapņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	sapnī	sapņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	sapni	sapņi

Derived terms

• sapņains
• sapņot

See also

• murgi