karalis
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Lithuanian karãlius, itself a borrowing from Belarusian каро́ль (karólʹ), ultimately from the name of Charlemagne (cf. Latin Carolus, German Karl, Karol). Introduced by Atis Kronvalds in 1870. It soon became popular, possibly because of its similarity with Russian король (korolʹ, “king”) and its apparent connection to karš (“war”), and mostly replaced the earlier Germanism ķēniņš.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Riga) (file)
Noun edit
karalis m (2nd declension, feminine form: karaliene)
- king (the monarch of a kingdom; the title of this monarch)
- Anglijas karalis ― the king of England
- skotu karalis ― the king of Scots
- karaļa dinastija ― royal dynasty
- kronēt karali ― to crown the king
- king (the most important, influential or outstanding member of a group)
- Zagroba ir cirku karalis ― Zagroba is the circus king
- zvēru karalis ― the king of animals, beasts
- (chess) king (the most important piece, the capture of which signals the end of a game of chess)
Declension edit
Declension of karalis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | karalis | karaļi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | karali | karaļus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | karaļa | karaļu |
dative (datīvs) | karalim | karaļiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | karali | karaļiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | karalī | karaļos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | karali | karaļi |
Synonyms edit
- cars
- imperators
- ķeizars
- (dated term) ķēniņš
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Chess pieces in Latvian · [Term?] (layout · text) | |||||
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karalis | dāma | tornis | laidnis | zirdziņš | bandinieks |
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “karalis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN