valks
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LatvianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Related to the verbs vilkt (“to pull, draw, drag”) and valkāt (“to wear”), all from Proto-Baltic *wilk-, from Proto-Indo-European *welk-, *walk-, *wl̥k- (“to pull, draw, drag”), from *wel- (“to pluck, rob, injure, kill”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
valks
- (rare) something for everyday, not special (esp. clothes)
- manas valka drēbes varēsi paņemt — my everyday clothes you can take
DeclensionEdit
Declension of valks (1st declension)
Usage notesEdit
By itself, valks is rather rare; derived nouns such as pārvalks (“cover, case”) or uzvalks (“suit”) are much more frequent.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Indo-European *welk- (“to pull, draw, drag”), here probably influenced by Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“humid, wet”); see Latvian valgs (“moist, humid, damp”).[2]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
valks
- (dialectal) creek, brook, small water stream
- viņa aizstaigā līdz valkam — she walked to the stream
- viņas gāja pāri valkam pa iztrupējušu tiltiņu — they went over the brook on a little rotten bridge
DeclensionEdit
Declension of valks (1st declension)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vilkt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “valgs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7