ubags

Latvian

Ubags

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic убогъ (ubogŭ, “poor”) (cf. Old Church Slavonic убогъ (ubogŭ, “beggar”), and also Russian убогий (ubogij, “very poor; crippled”)), first attested in 17th-century dictionaries. The basic Slavic stem of this word is the same as in nabags (q.v.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ubaks]

Noun

ubags m (1st declension, feminine form: ubadze)

1. (male) beggar (man who obtains his livelihood by begging)

   ubaga tarba ― beggar's sack, pan

   ubaga dāvana ― donation to beggar(s), alms

   lūgt ubaga dāvanas ― to ask for alms (lit. beggar's donations), to beg

Declension

Declension of ubags (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ubags	ubagi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ubagu	ubagus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ubaga	ubagu
dative (datīvs)	ubagam	ubagiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ubagu	ubagiem
locative (lokatīvs)	ubagā	ubagos
vocative (vokatīvs)	ubag	ubagi

Derived terms

• ubagot

Related terms

• nabags, nabadze, nabadzība