sakas
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“branch, stick”) (whence also sakne (q.v.)) from Proto-Indo-European *kek- / *ḱek- / *kekʰ- / *ḱekʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian šaka (“branch”). Semantic development: branch > parting place of two branches > the two beams around a horse's neck. Along with šak- > sak-, there is cak-/čak-, cf. čaka (“a stick with an offshoot to use as its handle”) whence čakarēt.[1] See Russian соха (soxa) for additional cognates.
Noun
sakas f (4th declension)
- collar (for a horse)
Declension
Declension of sakas (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | — | sakas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | sakas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | saku |
| dative (datīvs) | — | sakām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | sakām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | — | sakās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | sakas |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sakas”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN