krāsns

krāsns

See also: krāšņs

Latvian

Degoša krāsns (1)

Krāsns (2)

Stikla krāsns (4)

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) krāsts, krāsne

Etymology

From *krāsnis, derived from the verb krāt (“to put aside, to collect”) with an extra element or suffix -sn, or perhaps from the dialectal from krāst of this verb (compare dialectal krāsts (“oven”), originally the past participle of krāst). The original meaning was “collection, stack, pile (of stones)” (compare dialectal krāsne “pile of stones,” “oven”), from which “oven,” at first referring to baths and kilns. Cognates include Lithuanian krósnis.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɾâːsns]

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Noun

krāsns f (6th declension) (dialectal also m, 1st)

1. stove (closed device for heating)

   ķieģeļu krāsns ― brick stove

   degoša krāsns ― burning stove

   krāsns svelme, apkure ― stove glow, heating

   kurināt krāsni ― to stoke the stove

   dzīviklis ar krāsns apkuri ― apartment with stove heating

2. oven (closed heated device for baking or roasting food)

   maizes krāsns ― bread oven

   cept maizi krāsnī ― to bake bread in the oven

   krāsnī sautēti kāposti ― oven-braised cabbage

   elektriskā krāsns ― electric oven

   mikroviļņu krāsns ― microwave oven

3. furnace, boiler (device where fuel is burned to as to obtain heated water, vapor, etc. for further use)

   gāzes krāsns vannas istabām ― a gas boiler for bathrooms

4. oven, furnace, kiln (device for heating material being processed)

   podniecības krāsns ― pottery oven, kiln

   stikla krāsns ― glass furnace

   domnas krāsns ― blast furnace

   ķieģeļu dedzināšanas krāsns ― brick burning oven, stove

Declension

Declension of krāsns (6th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	krāsns	krāsnis
accusative (akuzatīvs)	krāsni	krāsnis
genitive (ģenitīvs)	krāsns	krāšņu
dative (datīvs)	krāsnij	krāsnīm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	krāsni	krāsnīm
locative (lokatīvs)	krāsnī	krāsnīs
vocative (vokatīvs)	krāsns	krāsnis

Derived terms

• cepeškrāsns
• mikroviļņu krāsns

See also

• plīts

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “krāsns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN