stārķis
Latvian
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German stork, or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch stork (compare German Storch, English stork). The long vowel comes from the long level-tone syllable in the original forms (star̃ks > stārks). This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
stārķis m (2nd declension)
- stork (large bird with long neck and legs and a long straight beak; fam. Ciconiidae)
- baltais stārķis ― white stork
- melnais stārķis ― black stork
- stārķu pāris ― a couple of storks
- stārķa ligzda ― stork nest
Declension
Declension of stārķis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | stārķis | stārķi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | stārķi | stārķus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | stārķa | stārķu |
| dative (datīvs) | stārķim | stārķiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | stārķi | stārķiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | stārķī | stārķos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | stārķi | stārķi |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stārķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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