sārts
Latvian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to put in line, in sequence, to tie, to assemble”), referring to the assembling of the wood for a bonfire, whence also sērt (“to stack, pile grain (to dry)”) and sers (“grain to be threshed (in the barn)”) (q.v.); sārts is derived from the verb with vowel gradation (compare vērt (“to open, to close”), vārti (“gate(s)”)). Cognates include Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sarwa, “armor, weapons”), Old High German saro (“armor”) (“assembled one”), Latin sors (“lot, fate; divinatory stick”) (genitive sortis; original meaning “sequence of little sticks”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sārts m (1st declension)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Baltic *sartas, from Proto-Indo-European *ser-, *sor- (“red, rosy, pink”) with an extra suffix -t. Cognates include Lithuanian sar̃tas (“(light) red, light brown (of horses)”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sārts (definite sārtais, comparative sārtāks, superlative vissārtākais, adverb sārti)
- pale red, light red, pinkish red, reddish
- dzelteni sārts ― yellowish red, pink
- rožaini sārts ― rosy pink
- sārts zieds ― pink flower
- sārta seja ― rosy face
- sārti vaigi ― rosy cheeks
- sārtas lūpas ― rosy, pink lips
- koši sārtas rozes ― bright pink roses
- sārtais marmors ― pink marble
- sārts kā ābols ― red as an apple (i.e., with rosy, healthy cheeks)
Declension edit
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | sārts | sārti | sārta | sārtas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | sārtu | sārtus | sārtu | sārtas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | sārta | sārtu | sārtas | sārtu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | sārtam | sārtiem | sārtai | sārtām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | sārtu | sārtiem | sārtu | sārtām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | sārtā | sārtos | sārtā | sārtās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Derived terms edit
See also edit
balts | pelēks | melns |
sarkans, sārts | oranžs; brūns | dzeltens |
zaļš | ||
zilzaļš, ciāns | zils | |
violets; zilganviolets, indigo | fuksīns; violets | rozā |
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sārts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN