krāce
See also: krācē
Latvian
editEtymology
editRelated to the Latvian verb krākt (“to roar”). The most likely theory is that the word krāce was influenced by krākt (in, e.g., lengthening the ā), but that it originally was *krace, a form of dialectal kracis (“pole with crossbar (for drying grain)”), from Proto-Indo-European *krek-, *krok- (“to stand out, to stick out, to straighten oneself”), which would originally suggest the specific configuration of rapids in the Daugava river.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkrāce f (5th declension)
- rapids (section of a river where the water flows rapidly down, usually over or around rocks)
- mutuļainas krāces ― rapids with eddies, whirlpools
- šalc krāces ― the rapids rustle
- krāču ūdens ― rapids water
- laiva tuvojās krācēm ― the boat is approaching the rapids
- upe gāžas lejup no kalniem, veidojot krāces un ūdenskritumus ― the river runs down from the mountains, forming rapids and waterfalls
Declension
editDeclension of krāce (5th declension)
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “krākt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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