slaukt
Latvian
Slaukt govis
Etymology
From the same stem as šļūkt (“to slide; to drag one's feet”), in a different ablaut grade: Proto-Baltic *slyauk-, *slauk-, from Proto-Indo-European *slewk-, *slowk- (“to slide”). (Some researchers derived it from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- ~ *ḱlōw- ~ *ḱlū- "to clean, to rinse.") The original meaning was “to slide, to drag, to wipe,” initially used to refer to the motion of the hands while milking. Cognates include Lithuanian sliaũkti (“to crawl; to slide; to cast off, to make slide; to wipe; to flow slowly”) [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slàwkt]
Verb
slaukt (tr., 1st conj., pres. slaucu, slauc, slauc, past slaucu)
- to milk (to press milk out of a cow's udders)
- slaukt govis, kazas ― to milk cows, goats
- slaukt govis trīs reizes dienā ― to milk the cows three times a day
- slaukt ar rokām ― to milk with (one's) hands
- slaukt ar elektrisko slaukšanas aparātu ― to milk with an electric milking machine
- māte kūtī ar novēlošanos slauca govis, lai tad, kad no meža atnāks Kārlis, piens vēl būtu silts ― mother late in the barn was milking the cows, so that, when Kārlis comes back from the forest, the milk would still be warm
- “jāiet slaukt, varbūt naksi līdzi?...”, māte aicina, vilkdama kūts halātu un lūkodama piena traukus ― “it's time to milk, maybe you'll come along?...” mother invited, putting on her barn clothes and looking at the milk containers
- ārā vēl bija gaišs, kad Kažmuru Lonija iegāja kūti slaukt vakara pienu ― there was still light when Lonija Kažmuri went into the barn to milk the night milk
Conjugation
conjugation of slaukt
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (tagadne) | Past (pagātne) | Future (nākotne) | |||
| 1st pers. sg. | es | slaucu | slaucu | slaukšu | — |
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | slauc | slauci | slauksi | slauc |
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | slauc | slauca | slauks | lai slauc |
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | slaucam | slaucām | slauksim | slauksim |
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | slaucat | slaucāt | slauksiet, slauksit | slauciet |
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | slauc | slauca | slauks | lai slauc |
| RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
| Present | slaucot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | slaucošs | ||
| Past | esot slaucis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | slaukdams | ||
| Future | slaukšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | slaucot | ||
| Imperative | lai slaucot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | slaucam | ||
| CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | slaucis | |||
| Present | slauktu | Present Passive | slaucams | ||
| Past | būtu slaucis | Past Passive | slaukts | ||
| DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
| Indicative | (būt) jāslauc | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | slaukt | ||
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāslauc | Negative Infinitive | neslaukt | ||
| Conjunctive 2 | jāslaucot | Verbal noun | slaukšana | ||
Derived terms
- prefixed verbs:
- aizslaukt
- ieslaukt
- izslaukt
- noslaukt
- paslaukt
- pārslaukt
- pieslaukt
- other derived terms:
- slaucējs, slaucēja
- slaucene
- slauktuve
- slaukums
Related terms
- slaucīt
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “slaukt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN