pagrabs

Latvian

Pagrabs

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic погробъ (pogrobŭ, “pit with a cover on top”) (cf. Russian по́греб (pógreb, “cellar, warehouse”)), itself derived from погребати (pogrebati, “to rake, to dig”). Given its form, this word must have been borrowed before the 13th century, though it is first mentioned only in 17th-century Latvian dictionaries.

Noun

pagrabs m (1st declension)

1. cellar, basement (underground floor or space under a building)

   pagraba dzīvoklis ― basement apartment

   pagraba logs ― basement window

   kartupeļu, dārzeņu pagrabs ― potato, vegetable cellar

   vīna pagrabs ― wine cellar

Declension

Declension of pagrabs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	pagrabs	pagrabi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pagrabu	pagrabus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pagraba	pagrabu
dative (datīvs)	pagrabam	pagrabiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pagrabu	pagrabiem
locative (lokatīvs)	pagrabā	pagrabos
vocative (vokatīvs)	pagrab	pagrabi