sapnis

Latvian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From a parallel i-stem form to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *sapnas, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *supnós, *swépnos, *swópnos (“sleep”), *swópniyom (“dream”), from a stem *seup-, *swep, *sup- (“sleep”), from *seu- (meaning indeterminate, perhaps “to lay,” “to put”) with an extra element -p. In Baltic, the words for “dream” and “sleep” merged, and the initial consonant was simplified (sw > s). Cognates include (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian sãpnas, dialectal sãpnis, sapnỹs, Proto-Slavic *sъnъ < *supnu (Old Church Slavonic сънъ (sŭnŭ), Bulgarian сън (sǎn), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Czech, Polish sen), Old Irish sūan, Cornish hon (“sleep”) (< *swopnos), Old English swefn (“sleep, dream”) (< *swepnós), Hittite šup- (“to sleep”), Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna, “sleep, dream”), Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”) (< *supnos), ὕπνιον (húpnion, “dream”), Latin somnus (“sleep”) (< *swepnos, *swopnos), somnium (“dream”), sopor (“deep sleep”).

Noun

sapnis m (2nd declension)

1. dream (images seen during sleep)

   sapņa saturs ― dream content

   sapņa sižets ― dream story, plot

   redzēt sapni ― to have (lit. see) a dream

2. dream (a desire which one wishes to see come true)

   sapnis par laimi ― dream of happiness

   pārvērst sapni par īstenību ― to turn a dream into reality

   jaunības sapņi ― youthful dreams

   nepiepildāms sapnis ― an impossible, unfulfillable dream

Declension

Declension of sapnis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sapnis	sapņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sapni	sapņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sapņa	sapņu
dative (datīvs)	sapnim	sapņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sapni	sapņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	sapnī	sapņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	sapni	sapņi

Derived terms

• sapņains
• sapņot

See also

• murgi