pasaka
See also: Pasaka, pasakā, pasaką, and paśaka
Cebuano
Etymology
pa- + saka
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧sa‧ka
Adjective
pasaka
- vertical; standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal
Latvian
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Pasaku grāmata
Etymology
From pa- + the verb sacīt (“to say, to tell”) (in its present tense stem sak-); cf. dialectal saka (“tale, saying”). The original meaning was thus “something to be said, told.” Cognates include Lithuanian pãsaka.[1]
Noun
pasaka f (4th declension)
- legend, folktale, fairy tale (folkloric narrative, typically including fantastic or magic elements; the corresponding folkloric genre)
- vākt, publicēt tautas pasakas ― to collect, to publish folk tales
- latviešu tautas pasakas ― Latvian folktales
- pasaku teicējs, stastītājs ― storyteller
- pasaku grāmata ― book of folktales
- stastīt bērniem pasakas ― to tell fairy tales to the children
- dzīvnieku pasakas ― animal tales
- K. Skalbes pasakas ― K. Skalbe's fairy tales
- (figuratively) uncommonly beautiful, pleasant, good
- kā pasakā ― as in a fairy tale (i.e., very good, very beautiful)
- tā nebija platmale, bet pasaka! ― that was not a hat, but a fairy tale!
- visiem tas šķita pasaka, nevis kuģis ― to all it seemed more like a fairy tale than a ship
- (usually in the plural) nonsense, fantasy, exaggerations, rumors
- nestāsti nu pasakas! ― don't you tell fairy tales!
- tās ir tīrās pasakas ― this is pure fantasy
Declension
Declension of pasaka (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | pasaka | pasakas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | pasaku | pasakas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | pasakas | pasaku |
dative (datīvs) | pasakai | pasakām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | pasaku | pasakām |
locative (lokatīvs) | pasakā | pasakās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | pasaka | pasakas |
Derived terms
- pasakains
Verb
pasaka
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of pasacīt
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of pasacīt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of pasacīt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of pasacīt
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “pasaka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Noun
pãsaka f (plural pãsakos)
- fairy tale
Declension
declension of pasaka
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | pãsaka | pãsakos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | pãsakos | pãsakų |
dative (naudininkas) | pãsakai | pãsakoms |
accusative (galininkas) | pãsaką | pãsakas |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | pãsaka | pãsakomis |
locative (vietininkas) | pãsakoje | pãsakose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | pãsaka | pãsakos |