ugunskurs

Latvian

Ugunskurs

Apparently a compound, from uguns (“fire”) and the stem found in the verb kurt (“to light, to ignite”).

ugunskurs m (1st declension)

fire, bonfire, campfire (a heap of flammable materials burning to provide heat)
sildīties pie ugunskura ― to warm up by the (camp)fire
dedzināt ugunskura ― to light the fire
cept kartupeļus ugunskurā ― to bake the potatoes in the (camp)fire
krastmalā bija sakurts ugunskurs, ap kuru sildījās ostas strādnieki ― on the waterfront a fire was lit, around which the harbor workers warmed themselves

Declension of ugunskurs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ugunskurs	ugunskuri
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ugunskuru	ugunskurus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ugunskura	ugunskuru
dative (datīvs)	ugunskuram	ugunskuriem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ugunskuru	ugunskuriem
locative (lokatīvs)	ugunskurā	ugunskuros
vocative (vokatīvs)	ugunskur	ugunskuri