lakstīgala
See also: lakstīgalā
Latvian
Lakstīgala
Alternative forms
- (dialectal forms) lakstīga, laksīgala
Etymology
From an older (still dialectally attested) form lakstīga (the final la resulting from Germanic influence; cf. German Nachtigall), from the verb lakstīt (“to produce bird-like sounds; to chirp, to tweet; to whistle”), from Proto-Baltic *lakst-, from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷ-, *lokʷ-, which renders voice sounds (and from which Latin loquor “to speak”). Cognates include Lithuanian lakštiñgala, lakštìngala.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lakstīːɡala]
- IPA(key): [lakstîːɡala]
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Noun
lakstīgala f (4th declension)
- nightingale (small, grayish-brown European songbird, Luscinia luscinia)
- lakstīgalas dziesma ― the song of the nightingale
- es vakarā paliku mazliet vēlāk ārā vienkārši tādēļ, lai paklausītos, kā upmalā pogo lakstīgala ― I stayed out a little later in the evening simply to listen to the nightingale sing by the river
Declension
Declension of lakstīgala (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | lakstīgala | lakstīgalas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | lakstīgalu | lakstīgalas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | lakstīgalas | lakstīgalu |
| dative (datīvs) | lakstīgalai | lakstīgalām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | lakstīgalu | lakstīgalām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | lakstīgalā | lakstīgalās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | lakstīgala | lakstīgalas |
See also
- pogot
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “lakstīgala”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN