sakne

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Baltic *šaknīs from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“branch, stick”) (whence also sakas (q.v.)). Cognate with Lithuanian šaknis, Old Prussian sagnis (*saknis). Originally a feminine i-stem.^[1]

Noun edit

sakne f (5th declension)

Declension edit

Declension of sakne (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sakne	saknes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sakni	saknes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	saknes	sakņu
dative (datīvs)	saknei	saknēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sakni	saknēm
locative (lokatīvs)	saknē	saknēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	sakne	saknes

References edit

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

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

sakne (present tense saknar, past tense sakna, past participle sakna, passive infinitive saknast, present participle saknande, imperative sakne/sakn)

Alternative form of sakna

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

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