sātans

See also: satans and Satans

Latvian

Sātans

Noun

sātans m (1st declension)

1. (theology, Christianity, often capitalized) satan, the devil (the lord of hell, the king of evil spirits, the father of sin)

   sātana kults ― cult of Satan

   ar vārdiem eņģelis, ar darbiem sātans ― with words (he is) an angel, with works (he is) satan

2. (figuratively) evil, dishonorable, dishonest person; also, disobedient, stubborn animal

   vai tu, sātan, man tos ratus taisi arī vai nē? ― will you, Satan, make that cart for me or not?

   velkas bēris, ar asti dzenā mušas... “izlaidies, sātans”, vedējs noburkšķ, taču bez dusmām ― the bay (horse) drags (forward), with (its) tail it drives the flies away... “go on, satan (= bad horse),” the driver rumbled, but without anger

Declension

Declension of sātans (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sātans	sātani
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sātanu	sātanus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sātana	sātanu
dative (datīvs)	sātanam	sātaniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sātanu	sātaniem
locative (lokatīvs)	sātanā	sātanos
vocative (vokatīvs)	sātan	sātani

Synonyms

• dēmons
• velns

Derived terms

• sātanisks
• sātanisms
• sātanists, sātaniste