stārķis

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Latvian

 stārķis on Latvian Wikipedia
Baltais stārķis

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German stork, or from Middle Dutch stork, both from Proto-West Germanic *stork (compare German Storch, English stork).

The long vowel comes from the long level-tone syllable in the original forms (star̃ks > stārks). This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

stārķis m (2nd declension)

  1. stork (large bird with long neck and legs and a long straight beak; fam. Ciconiidae)
    baltais stārķis ― white stork
    melnais stārķis ― black stork
    stārķu pāris ― a couple of storks
    stārķa ligzda ― stork nest

Declension

Declension of stārķis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) stārķis stārķi
accusative (akuzatīvs) stārķi stārķus
genitive (ģenitīvs) stārķa stārķu
dative (datīvs) stārķim stārķiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) stārķi stārķiem
locative (lokatīvs) stārķī stārķos
vocative (vokatīvs) stārķi stārķi

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stārķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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