augsne
See also: augsnē
Latvian
Smilšaina augsne
Mālaina augsne
Etymology
Coined in the 1920s from aug(t) (“to grow”) + -sne, it replaced in the sense of "soil" the previously used word augtene, which survived with a more restricted usage (as "place of planting").[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [âwksnɛ]
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Noun
augsne f (5th declension)
- soil, earth (upper layer of the ground, transformed under the influence of plants, animals, and the weather, where plants are sown to grow)
- smilšaina, mālaina augsne ― sandy, clay soil
- kūdras augsne ― peat soil
- velēnu augsne ― sod soil
- irdena augsne ― friable soil
- blīva augsne ― dense, thick soil, earth
- apstrādāt augsni ― to treat the soil
- augsnes auglība ― soil fertility
- augsnes dezinfekcija ― soil desinfection
- augsnes erozija ― soil erosion
- augsnes kaļķošana ― soil liming
- iestrādāt mēslojumu augsnē ― to work fertilizer into the soil
- augnes virskārta, apakškārta ― topsoil, subsoil
- augsnes tipi, veidi ― soil types
- lupīnas audzē neauglīgās, smilšainās augsnēs ― one grows lupins in arid, sandy soils
- (figuratively) soil (prerequisites or favorable conditions for the development of something)
- literatūrai nepieciešama sava dabiska attīstība, vide un augsne, kur iespējams rasties liela vēriena darbiem ― literature needs its own development, an environment and a soil where large-scope works can arise
Declension
Declension of augsne (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | augsne | augsnes |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | augsni | augsnes |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | augsnes | augšņu |
| dative (datīvs) | augsnei | augsnēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | augsni | augsnēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | augsnē | augsnēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | augsne | augsnes |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “augt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN