akls
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the same stem (Proto-Baltic *ak-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye, to see”)) as the earlier verb akt (cf. Lithuanian àkti (“to have eyes, to begin to see”); for some young animal offspring, also “to stop seeing”), from which it is an adjectival form with an extra l. Note the apparently strange polysemy “begin to see” vs. “stop seeing” in the Lithuanian cognate, probably already present in Proto-Baltic; the semantic connection is probably “having eyes” > “having something on one's eyes” > “having eye problems” > “becoming blind.” Cognates include Lithuanian ãklas.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
akls (definite aklais, comparative aklāks, superlative visaklākais, adverb akli)
- blind (permanently (or temporarily) incapable of seeing)
- akls cilvēks ― blind person
- akls no dzimšanas ― blind from birth
- kaķēns piedzimst akls ― a kitten born blind
- kļūt aklam ― to become blind
- palīdzēt aklajam ― to help a blind (person)
- pārvest aklo pāri ielai ― to take a blind (person) across the street
- aklais plankums ― the blind spot (light-insensitive spot in the eye)
- akls aklam ceļu rāda, abi iekrīt grāvī ― (if) a blind (person) shows the way to (another) blind (person), both fall into a ditch
- pēkšņa pāreja spilgtā gaismā padara acis aklas ― the sudden transition to bright light makes the eyes blind
- (figuratively) blind (unthinking, unchecked, not subject to conscious assessment, control)
- akla paklausība ― blind obedience
- akla tīcība ― blind faith, belief
- akla mīlestība ― blind love
- akls naids ― blind hatred
- aklas dusmas ― blind rage
- Annele turējās visiem spēkiem pretī tumšām, aklām bailēm ― Annele kept all (her) forces against the dark, blind fear
- blind (accidental, unexpected)
- akla laime ― blind luck
- aklas lodes ― blind bullets (i.e., randomly shot)
- blind (very dark, impossible to see through; without light)
- akla nakts ― blind (= dark) night
- akls logs ― blind (= unlit) window
- visapkārt akla tumsa, un dzirdamas tikai vēja gaudas un jūras krākšana ― all around (only) blind darkness, and one could hear only the lamentation of the wind and the roaring of the sea
- blind (without an exit, without a passage, only one-way)
- akla iela ― blind street, alley
- akla siena ― blind wall (= without windows)
- akls logs ― blind window (= the contour of a window on a wall without the actual window)
- akla brūce ― blind wound (= internal wound, without an opening to the exterior of the body)
- aklā zarna ― caecum (lit. blind intestine)
- blind (done without looking; done only via instruments)
- akalis lidojums ― blind flight
- aklā lidmašīnas nolaišanās ― blind airplane landing
- aklā metode mašīnrakstīšanā ― the blind method in typing (i.e., without looking at the keyboard)
Declension[edit]
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of akls
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | akls | akli | akla | aklas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | aklu | aklus | aklu | aklas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | akla | aklu | aklas | aklu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | aklam | akliem | aklai | aklām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | aklu | akliem | aklu | aklām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | aklā | aklos | aklā | aklās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “akls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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Adjective[edit]
akls