virtuve
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From virt (“to boil[intr.]”) + -uve (“place”). A neologism, following Lithuanian virtùvė, proposed by Juris Alunāns in the mid-19th century. It became accepted in the literary language in the 1920s.[1]
Noun edit
virtuve f (5th declension)
- kitchen (a room used for preparing food)
- plaša virtuve ― large kitchen
- virtuves galds ― kitchen table
- virtuves piederumi ― kitchen utensils
- virtuves nazis ― kitchen knife
- virtuves iekārta ― kitchen equipment, furniture
- cuisine (food or cooking style, usually typical of a certain place or lifestyle)
- angļu, franču, ķīniešu virtuve ― English, French, Chinese cuisine
- veģetārā virtuve ― vegetarian cuisine
Declension edit
Declension of virtuve (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | virtuve | virtuves |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | virtuvi | virtuves |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | virtuves | virtuvju |
| dative (datīvs) | virtuvei | virtuvēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | virtuvi | virtuvēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | virtuvē | virtuvēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | virtuve | virtuves |
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “virtuve”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN