krāce
See also: krācē
Latvian
Etymology
Related to the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian verb krākt (“to roar”). The most likely theory is that the word krāce was influenced by krākt (in, e.g., lengthening the ā), but that it originally was *krace, a form of dialectal kracis (“pole with crossbar (for drying grain)”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *krek-, *krok- (“to stand out, to stick out, to straighten oneself”), which would originally suggest the specific configuration of rapids in the Daugava river.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
krāce f (5th declension)
- rapids (section of a river where the water flows rapidly down, usually over or around rocks)
- mutuļainas krāces ― rapids with eddies, whirlpools
- šalc krāces ― the rapids rustle
- krāču ūdens ― rapids water
- laiva tuvojās krācēm ― the boat is approaching the rapids
- upe gāžas lejup no kalniem, veidojot krāces un ūdenskritumus ― the river runs down from the mountains, forming rapids and waterfalls
Declension
Declension of krāce (5th declension)
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References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “krākt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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