tabakmaks
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From tabakas (“tobacco[gen.]”) + maks (“bag, pouch”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tabakmaks m (1st declension)
- tobacco pouch (small bag or pouch for keeping tobacco)
- Kaspars sameklēja pīpi, ilgi čamdījās pa kabatām, meklēdams tabakmaku, bet, neatradis to, noglabāja pīpi kabatā ― Kaspars found his pipe and felt around in his pockets, looking for (his) tobacco pouch, then, not having found it, he put his pipe back in his pocket
- dāvāja Viņauku Mārtiņam kāda meita tabakmaku skaistiem vilnas pušķiem aizvelkamās aukliņas galos ― some girl had given Mārtiņš Vinauks a tobacco pouch with beautiful woollen ends in its drawstring
Declension edit
Declension of tabakmaks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | tabakmaks | tabakmaki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | tabakmaku | tabakmakus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | tabakmaka | tabakmaku |
| dative (datīvs) | tabakmakam | tabakmakiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | tabakmaku | tabakmakiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | tabakmakā | tabakmakos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | tabakmak | tabakmaki |