ērkšķis
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same stem as ērce (“tick or mite (arachnid)”) (q.v.), with an extra šķ. Cognates include Lithuanian erškė̃tis (“thorn”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ērkšķis m (2nd declension)
- thorn (sharp protective spine on a plant)
- ērkšķi dzeļ pirkstos ― the thorns are stinging (my, your, his...) fingers
- nav maizes bez garozas, nav rožu bez ērkšķiem ― no bread without crust, no rose without thorns
- thorn bush (plant which has thorns)
- taisnā ceļā abi jājēji jau bija nokļuvuši līdz kalniem, kur sākās ērkšķu krūmi ― on a straight road both riders had already gotten to the mountains where the thorn bushes began
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ērkšķis | ērkšķi |
| genitive | ērkšķa | ērkšķu |
| dative | ērkšķim | ērkšķiem |
| accusative | ērkšķi | ērkšķus |
| instrumental | ērkšķi | ērkšķiem |
| locative | ērkšķī | ērkšķos |
| vocative | ērkšķi | ērkšķi |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ērkšķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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