ugunsgrēks
Latvian
Ugunsgrēks
Etymology
From uguns (“fire”) + grēks (“sin”). This is an old compound, already attested in 17th-century dictionaries; at that time, grēks did not have its current religious meaning; rather, it meant “misfortune, calamity, disaster,” a meaning still found in folk songs.[1]
Noun
ugunsgrēks m (1st declension)
- (uncontrolled) fire; conflagration
- ugunsgrēka izcelšanās ― fire outbreak
- meža ugunsgrēks ― forest fire
- ugunsgrēka trauksme ― fire alarm
- ugunsgrēka sekas ― consequences of a fire
- dzēst ugunsgrēku ― to extinguish a fire
- iet bojā ugunsgrēkā ― to die in a fire
- deg kādas mājas, un ugunsgrēks met padebešos savu liesmu atspīdumu ― a house was burning, and the fire threw its flaming glare into the clouds
Declension
Declension of ugunsgrēks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | ugunsgrēks | ugunsgrēki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | ugunsgrēku | ugunsgrēkus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ugunsgrēka | ugunsgrēku |
| dative (datīvs) | ugunsgrēkam | ugunsgrēkiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | ugunsgrēku | ugunsgrēkiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | ugunsgrēkā | ugunsgrēkos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | ugunsgrēks | ugunsgrēki |
Related terms
- uguns, ugunskurs
See also
- degšana
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “uguns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN