telts
Danish edit
Noun edit
telts
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German telt (“tent”). Compare German Zelt. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“split, cut”), whence Proto-Germanic *teldą. From the same Proto-Indo-European source Latvian dalīt (“divide”), deldēt (“wear out”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
telts f (6th declension)
Declension edit
Declension of telts (6th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | telts | teltis |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | telti | teltis |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | telts | telšu |
| dative (datīvs) | teltij | teltīm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | telti | teltīm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | teltī | teltīs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | telts | teltis |
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “telts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN