rasma

See also: Rasma, rasmā, and Rasmā

Latvian edit

Alternative forms edit

(dialectal form) rasme

Etymology edit

Derived from the verb rast (“to find”) +‎ -ma, following the same pattern as jaust (“to sense, to guess”), jausma (“feeling, guess”). It continues older meanings of this verb, related to “growth,” “growing” (cf. older and dialectal meanings of rasma such as “flourishing,” “yield,” “excellence”). Cognates include Lithuanian rasmė̃ (“quick growth, rich income, (harvest) yield”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

rasma f (4th declension)

(poetic) fruitfulness, fertility, fecundity; product
tumšas augusta naktis; kāds svētīgs spēks tām, kāda rasma tās lielajai, mīkstajai rasai! ― dark August nights; what holy power they have, what fecundity, product they are of this great, soft dew!

Declension edit

Declension of rasma (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	rasma	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	rasmu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	rasmas	—
dative (datīvs)	rasmai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	rasmu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	rasmā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	rasma	—

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

(poetic): rasmīgs, rasmīgums

References edit

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rasma”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rasma”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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