ugunsgrēks

Latvian

Ugunsgrēks

Etymology

From uguns (“fire”) +‎ grēks (“sin”). This is an old compound, already attested in 17th-century dictionaries; at that time, grēks did not have its current religious meaning; rather, it meant “misfortune, calamity, disaster,” a meaning still found in folk songs.

Noun

ugunsgrēks m (1st declension)

1. (uncontrolled) fire; conflagration

   ugunsgrēka izcelšanās ― fire outbreak

   meža ugunsgrēks ― forest fire

   ugunsgrēka trauksme ― fire alarm

   ugunsgrēka sekas ― consequences of a fire

   dzēst ugunsgrēku ― to extinguish a fire

   iet bojā ugunsgrēkā ― to die in a fire

   deg kādas mājas, un ugunsgrēks met padebešos savu liesmu atspīdumu ― a house was burning, and the fire threw its flaming glare into the clouds

Declension

Declension of ugunsgrēks (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ugunsgrēks	ugunsgrēki
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ugunsgrēku	ugunsgrēkus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ugunsgrēka	ugunsgrēku
dative (datīvs)	ugunsgrēkam	ugunsgrēkiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ugunsgrēku	ugunsgrēkiem
locative (lokatīvs)	ugunsgrēkā	ugunsgrēkos
vocative (vokatīvs)	ugunsgrēk	ugunsgrēki

Related terms

• uguns, ugunskurs

See also

• degšana