labvakars

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (rare form) labsvakars

Etymology

From labvakar (“good evening”), made into a masculine first-declension noun (ending -s).

Noun

labvakars m (1st declension)

1. good evening (the name of the evening greeting labvakar)

   sacīt, teikt labvakaru ― to say good evening

   (pa)dot labvakaru ― to give (= say) good evening

   Spodrīte sveicina; viņas labvakaru atņem jauna, spēcīga meita ― Spodrīte greeted; her good evening was received by a young, strong girl

   Brekšu ģimene patlaban ēda vakariņas, kad ienācēji padeva labvakaru ― the Brekis family was eating dinner when the newcomers gave (= said) good evening

   ienāc bez labvakara, / saņemsi no manām rokām / pilnu krūzi mēnesnīcas ― come without good evening (= greeting) / you will receive from my hands / a full pitcher of moonlight

Declension

Declension of labvakars (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	labvakars	labvakari
accusative (akuzatīvs)	labvakaru	labvakarus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	labvakara	labvakaru
dative (datīvs)	labvakaram	labvakariem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	labvakaru	labvakariem
locative (lokatīvs)	labvakarā	labvakaros
vocative (vokatīvs)	labvakar	labvakari

Synonyms

• (used in the morning):: labrīts
• (used before evening):: labdiena

Related terms

• labvakar