mazgātava
See also: mazgātavā
Latvian
Mazgātava
Etymology
A word coined from mazgāt (“to wash”) + -ava by Juris Alunāns in 1857.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
mazgātava f (4th declension)
- washing room; laundromat (a place, e.g. a room or a building, where one washes, e.g. clothes)
- veļas mazgātava ― clothes washing room, laundromat
- jau sestdien viņš bija apmeklējis veļas mazgātavu un sagādājis sev tīru veļu ― on Saturday he had looked for a laundromat and had gotten his clothes clean
- netīrie trauki tiek novietoti uz speciāla konveijera un paši nonāk mazgātavā ― the dirty dishes are placed on a special conveyor belt and come into the washing room
Declension
Declension of mazgātava (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mazgātava | mazgātavas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mazgātavu | mazgātavas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mazgātavas | mazgātavu |
| dative (datīvs) | mazgātavai | mazgātavām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mazgātavu | mazgātavām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | mazgātavā | mazgātavās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | mazgātava | mazgātavas |
Related terms
- mazgāt
- mazgātājs, mazgātāja
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “mazgātava”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN