veikals
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Juris Alunāns in the 1850s, on the basis of Lithuanian veĩkalas (“work, activity”) (ultimately from the same source as the Latvian verb veikt “to carry out, to accomplish”, q.v.), with the meaning “activity, undertaking, business”. The word existed independently at that time (recorded in 1858), borrowed from Lithuanian [Term?] in Southern Latgale dialects. After being introduced into the written language, it soon changed its meaning ("veikals, in German Unternehmen, in Russian подря́д (podrjád), work which one carries out with the help of hired workmen"; 1863). A. Kronvalds used veikals in the sense of "business". The current meaning ("shop") appeared at the end of the 19th century and became quickly dominant.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
veikals m (1st declension)
- shop, store (a commercial enterprise; its specific location, where goods are sold)
- maizes veikals ― bread store (= bakery)
- grāmatu veikals ― bookstore
- dāvanu veikals ― gift shop
- pārtikas veikals ― foodstuff (= grocery) store
- pašapkalpošanās veikals ― self-service shop
- veikala skatlogs ― shop window
- veikala īpašnieks ― shopkeeper (lit. shop owner)
- veikala vadītājs ― shop manager
- iepirkties veikalā ― to shop at a store
- es aizgāju uz veikalu, kas atradās blakus kantorim ― I went to the shop that was next to the office
- commercial or financial activity, transaction
- izdevīgs veikals ― profitable transaction, deal
- taisīt labu veikalu ― to make a good deal
- arī šādu veikalu Nagainis uzskatīja par izdevīgu ― also such a deal Nagainis considered profitable
- blakus zemkopībai Slaucējs nodevās arī, lai gan reti, ar naudas veikaliem un nekaunējās ņemt desmit, divpadsmit un pat vairāk rubļu no simta ― besides farming, Slaucējs also, albeit rarely, indulged in financial activities (= lending money), and was not ashamed of taking ten, twelve or even more rubles to every hundred
Declension[edit]
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | veikals | veikali |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | veikalu | veikalus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | veikala | veikalu |
| dative (datīvs) | veikalam | veikaliem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | veikalu | veikaliem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | veikalā | veikalos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | veikal | veikali |
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References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “veikals”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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