mazgātava

See also: mazgātavā

Latvian

Mazgātava

Etymology

A word coined from mazgāt (“to wash”) +‎ -ava by Juris Alunāns in 1857.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mazgātava f (4th declension)

1. washing room; laundromat (a place, e.g. a room or a building, where one washes, e.g. clothes)

   veļas mazgātava ― clothes washing room, laundromat

   jau sestdien viņš bija apmeklējis veļas mazgātavu un sagādājis sev tīru veļu ― on Saturday he had looked for a laundromat and had gotten his clothes clean

   netīrie trauki tiek novietoti uz speciāla konveijera un paši nonāk mazgātavā ― the dirty dishes are placed on a special conveyor belt and come into the washing room

Declension

Declension of mazgātava (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	mazgātava	mazgātavas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	mazgātavu	mazgātavas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	mazgātavas	mazgātavu
dative (datīvs)	mazgātavai	mazgātavām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	mazgātavu	mazgātavām
locative (lokatīvs)	mazgātavā	mazgātavās
vocative (vokatīvs)	mazgātava	mazgātavas

Related terms

• mazgāt
• mazgātājs, mazgātāja