pasaka

See also: Pasaka, pasakā, pasaką, and paśaka

Cebuano

Etymology

pa- +‎ saka

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧sa‧ka

Adjective

pasaka

1. vertical; standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal

Latvian

Pasaku grāmata

Etymology

From pa- +‎ the verb sacīt (“to say, to tell”) (in its present tense stem sak-); cf. dialectal saka (“tale, saying”). The original meaning was thus “something to be said, told.” Cognates include Lithuanian pãsaka.

Noun

pasaka f (4th declension)

1. legend, folktale, fairy tale (folkloric narrative, typically including fantastic or magic elements; the corresponding folkloric genre)

   vākt, publicēt tautas pasakas ― to collect, to publish folk tales

   latviešu tautas pasakas ― Latvian folktales

   pasaku teicējs, stastītājs ― storyteller

   pasaku grāmata ― book of folktales

   stastīt bērniem pasakas ― to tell fairy tales to the children

   dzīvnieku pasakas ― animal tales

   K. Skalbes pasakas ― K. Skalbe's fairy tales

2. (figuratively) uncommonly beautiful, pleasant, good

   kā pasakā ― as in a fairy tale (i.e., very good, very beautiful)

   tā nebija platmale, bet pasaka! ― that was not a hat, but a fairy tale!

   visiem tas šķita pasaka, nevis kuģis ― to all it seemed more like a fairy tale than a ship

3. (usually in the plural) nonsense, fantasy, exaggerations, rumors

   nestāsti nu pasakas! ― don't you tell fairy tales!

   tās ir tīrās pasakas ― this is pure fantasy

Declension

Declension of pasaka (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	pasaka	pasakas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pasaku	pasakas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pasakas	pasaku
dative (datīvs)	pasakai	pasakām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pasaku	pasakām
locative (lokatīvs)	pasakā	pasakās
vocative (vokatīvs)	pasaka	pasakas

Derived terms

• pasakains

Verb

pasaka

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of pasacīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pasacīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pasacīt

Lithuanian

Etymology

Nominal formation from pasakýti (“to say, tell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːsɐkɐ]

Noun

pãsaka f (plural pãsakos)

1. fairy tale

Declension

Declension of pãsaka

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	pãsaka	pãsakos
genitive (kilmininkas)	pãsakos	pãsakų
dative (naudininkas)	pãsakai	pãsakoms
accusative (galininkas)	pãsaką	pãsakas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	pãsaka	pãsakomis
locative (vietininkas)	pãsakoje	pãsakose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	pãsaka	pãsakos