senatne
See also: senatnē
Latvian
Etymology
A 19th-century neologism, from sens (“ancient”) + -atne (or perhaps from the adverb sen, q.v.), coined in 1869 by A. Kronvalds, following the pattern of jauns (“new”), jaunatne (“youth”) (originally “recent times”). Kronvalds also used the word senība in the same sense, which he had either heard from a dialect (it is attested as a dialectal term) or then created independently, following the example of Lithuanian senýbė. Only senatne remained in the stardard literary language.[1]
Noun
senatne f (5th declension)
- antiquity, ancient times, distant past
- tautas senatne ― a people's distant past
- senatnes pieminekļi ― ancient monuments (lit. monuments of antiquity)
- sirma senatne ― high (lit. gray) antiquity
- tālā senatne ― distant antiquity
Declension
Declension of senatne (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | senatne | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | senatni | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | senatnes | — |
| dative (datīvs) | senatnei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | senatni | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | senatnē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | senatne | — |
Synonyms
- (dialectal term) senība
Related terms
- sencis
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sens”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN