saiklis

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as the verb siet (“to tie, to bind”), with vowel change (ie > ai; cf. saite) and an extra suffix tl: *saitl- > saiklis. The original meaning was that of “tie,” “rope” (now saite), still attested dialectally; later on it took its current grammatical meaning, replacing earlier proposed forms like jūgu-vardiņi, biedrotājs and saišķis.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sājklis]

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Noun

saiklis m (2nd declension)

(grammar) conjunction (a word used to join words or phrases into sentences)
vienojuma, vienojamais saiklis ― coordinating conjunction

pretstatījuma, pretstata saiklis ― adversative conjunction

paskaidrojuma saiklis ― explicative conjunction

pieļāvuma saiklis ― concessive conjunction

Declension

Declension of *saiklis* (2nd)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	saiklis	saikļi
genitive	saikļa	saikļu
dative	saiklim	saikļiem
accusative	saikli	saikļus
instrumental	saikli	saikļiem
locative	saiklī	saikļos
vocative	saikli	saikļi

Synonyms

konjunkcija

References

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

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

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