strauts
Latvian
Strauts
Pronunciation
- IPA: [strāūts]
Etymology
From a 17th-century verb straut (“to flow, to float”) (later replaced by straust (“to flow quickly, to stream”)), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”), with an epenthetic t (whence also straujš (“quick, fast”)). Cognates include Lithuanian sraũtas (“stream, current, flow”) (dialectal straũtas), Sanskrit स्रोत (srótas-, “flow, river”); for the old verb straut, cf. also Lithuanian iterative verb sravė́ti (“to flow slowly”), Sanskrit स्रवति (srávati, “to flow”), Ancient Greek ῥέω (rheō, “to flow”).[1]
Noun
strauts m, 1st declension
- creek, brook, small water stream
- kalnu, meža strauts — mountain, forest stream
- sniegūdens strauts — snow water stream
- strauts urdz, čalo — the stream purls, murmurs
- strauts burbuļo — the stream bubbles
- strautu forele — brook trout
Declension
declension of strauts
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | strauts | strauti |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | strautu | strautus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | strauta | strautu |
| dative (datīvs) | strautam | strautiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | strautu | strautiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | strautā | strautos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | straut | strauti |
Synonyms
- (dialectal term) valks
Related terms
- straume
- straujš
- strāva
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.