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pasaka

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See also: Pasaka, pasakā, pasaką, and paśaka

Cebuano

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Etymology

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pa- +‎ saka

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧sa‧ka

Adjective

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pasaka

  1. vertical; standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal

Latvian

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 pasaka on Latvian Wikipedia
Pasaku grāmata

Etymology

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From pa- +‎ the verb sacīt (“to say, to tell”) (in its present tense stem sak-); cf. dialectal saka (“tale, saying”). The original meaning was thus “something to be said, told.” Cognates include Lithuanian pãsaka.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pasaka f (4th declension)

  1. legend, folktale, fairy tale (folkloric narrative, typically including fantastic or magic elements; the corresponding folkloric genre)
    vākt, publicēt tautas pasakas ― to collect, to publish folk tales
    latviešu tautas pasakas ― Latvian folktales
    pasaku teicējs, stastītājs ― storyteller
    pasaku grāmata ― book of folktales
    stastīt bērniem pasakas ― to tell fairy tales to the children
    dzīvnieku pasakas ― animal tales
    K. Skalbes pasakas ― K. Skalbe's fairy tales
  2. (figuratively) uncommonly beautiful, pleasant, good
    kā pasakā ― as in a fairy tale (i.e., very good, very beautiful)
    tā nebija platmale, bet pasaka! ― that was not a hat, but a fairy tale!
    visiem tas šķita pasaka, nevis kuģis ― to all it seemed more like a fairy tale than a ship
  3. (usually in the plural) nonsense, fantasy, exaggerations, rumors
    nestāsti nu pasakas! ― don't you tell fairy tales!
    tās ir tīrās pasakas ― this is pure fantasy

Declension

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Declension of pasaka (4th)
singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative pasaka pasakas
genitive pasakas pasaku
dative pasakai pasakām
accusative pasaku pasakas
instrumental pasaku pasakām
locative pasakā pasakās
vocative pasaka pasakas

Derived terms

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Verb

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pasaka

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of pasacīt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pasacīt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pasacīt

References

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

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Nominal formation from pasakýti (“to say, tell”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pãsaka f (plural pãsakos)

  1. fairy tale

Declension

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Declension of pãsaka
singular
(vienaskaita) 		plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) pãsaka pãsakos
genitive (kilmininkas) pãsakos pãsakų
dative (naudininkas) pãsakai pãsakoms
accusative (galininkas) pãsaką pãsakas
instrumental (įnagininkas) pãsaka pãsakomis
locative (vietininkas) pãsakoje pãsakose
vocative (šauksmininkas) pãsaka pãsakos

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “pãsaka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 441
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