logs
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɡz
Noun
logs
- plural of log
Verb
logs
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of log
Anagrams
- Glos, slog
Latvian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Baltic *lang-, from a variant *leng-, *lang- of Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”) (whence also Latvian liekt (“to bend”), q.v.). According to this hypothesis, the meaning probably evolved from “circle” > “dint” > “hole,” whence “window.” This agrees with the fact that the oldest windows in Northern Europe were actually round holes on the roof for smoke to go out and light to come in which were covered when the weather was cold. Note how in some neighboring languages the word for “window” is related to the word for “eye”, as in Russian окно (oknó, “window”), о́ко (óko, “eye (poetic)”). Cognates include Lithuanian lángas, Old Prussian lanxto. Other (minoritary) opinions compare logs to Sanskrit लक्षते (lakṣate, “to notice, to note”), Old English locian (“to look”), English look, or then derive it from Proto-Indo-European *leng- (“to swing, to flap”) (perhaps because in ancient times windows were covered with animal skins which swung or flapped in the wind).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [luôks]
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Noun
logs m (1st declension)
- window (opening in building or vehicle)
- loga rāmis ― window frame
- loga rūts ― window pane
- loga aizvirtņi ― window shutters
- autobusa logs ― bus window
- jumta logs ― roof window (= skylight)
- istaba ar trim logiem ― a room with three windows
- skatīties pa logu ― to look out the window
Declension
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | logs | logi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | logu | logus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | loga | logu |
| dative (datīvs) | logam | logiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | logu | logiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | logā | logos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | logss | logi |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “logs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Volapük
Noun
logs
- plural of log