augsne
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See also: augsnē
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined in the 1920s from aug(t) (“to grow”) + -sne, it replaced in the sense of "soil" the previously used word augtene, which survived with a more restricted usage (as "place of planting").[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]augsne f (5th declension)
- soil, earth (upper layer of the ground, transformed under the influence of plants, animals, and the weather, where plants are sown to grow)
- smilšaina, mālaina augsne ― sandy, clay soil
- kūdras augsne ― peat soil
- velēnu augsne ― sod soil
- irdena augsne ― friable soil
- blīva augsne ― dense, thick soil, earth
- apstrādāt augsni ― to treat the soil
- augsnes auglība ― soil fertility
- augsnes dezinfekcija ― soil desinfection
- augsnes erozija ― soil erosion
- augsnes kaļķošana ― soil liming
- iestrādāt mēslojumu augsnē ― to work fertilizer into the soil
- augnes virskārta, apakškārta ― topsoil, subsoil
- augsnes tipi, veidi ― soil types
- lupīnas audzē neauglīgās, smilšainās augsnēs ― one grows lupins in arid, sandy soils
- (figuratively) soil (prerequisites or favorable conditions for the development of something)
- literatūrai nepieciešama sava dabiska attīstība, vide un augsne, kur iespējams rasties liela vēriena darbiem ― literature needs its own development, an environment and a soil where large-scope works can arise
Declension
[edit]Declension of augsne (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | augsne | augsnes |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | augsni | augsnes |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | augsnes | augšņu |
dative (datīvs) | augsnei | augsnēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | augsni | augsnēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | augsnē | augsnēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | augsne | augsnes |
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “augt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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