pagrabs
Latvian
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpagrabs m (1st declension)
- 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
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | pagrabs | pagrabi |
genitive | pagraba | pagrabu |
dative | pagrabam | pagrabiem |
accusative | pagrabu | pagrabus |
instrumental | pagrabu | pagrabiem |
locative | pagrabā | pagrabos |
vocative | pagrab | pagrabi |
References
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “pagrabs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN