lakstīgala

See also: lakstīgalā

Latvian

Lakstīgala

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) lakstīga, laksīgala

Etymology

From 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lakstīːɡala]
• IPA^(key): [lakstîːɡala]

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Noun

lakstīgala f (4th declension)

1. 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

Declension of lakstīgala (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
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

• pogot