lakstīgala
See also: lakstīgalā
Latvian
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editEtymology
editFrom an older (still dialectally attested) form lakstīga (the final la resulting from Germanic influence; cf. German Nachtigall), from the verb lakstīt (“to produce bird-like sounds; to chirp, to tweet; to whistle”), from Proto-Baltic *lakst-, from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷ-, *lokʷ-, which renders voice sounds (and from which Latin loquor “to speak”). Cognates include Lithuanian lakštiñgala, lakštìngala.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlakstīgala f (4th declension)
- nightingale (small, grayish-brown European songbird, Luscinia luscinia)
- lakstīgalas dziesma ― the song of the nightingale
- es vakarā paliku mazliet vēlāk ārā vienkārši tādēļ, lai paklausītos, kā upmalā pogo lakstīgala ― I stayed out a little later in the evening simply to listen to the nightingale sing by the river
Declension
editDeclension of lakstīgala (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | lakstīgala | lakstīgalas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | lakstīgalu | lakstīgalas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | lakstīgalas | lakstīgalu |
dative (datīvs) | lakstīgalai | lakstīgalām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | lakstīgalu | lakstīgalām |
locative (lokatīvs) | lakstīgalā | lakstīgalās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | lakstīgala | lakstīgalas |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lakstīgala”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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