ērkšķis

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Latvian

Ērkšķis

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same stem as ērce (“tick or mite (arachnid)”) (q.v.), with an extra šķ. Cognates include Lithuanian erškė̃tis (“thorn”).

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Noun

ērkšķis m (2nd declension)

  1. thorn (sharp protective spine on a plant)
    ērkšķi dzeļ pirkstos ― the thorns are stinging (my, your, his...) fingers
    nav maizes bez garozas, nav rožu bez ērkšķiem ― no bread without crust, no rose without thorns
  2. thorn bush (plant which has thorns)
    taisnā ceļā abi jājēji jau bija nokļuvuši līdz kalniem, kur sākās ērkšķu krūmi ― on a straight road both riders had already gotten to the mountains where the thorn bushes began

Declension

Declension of ērkšķis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ērkšķis ērkšķi
accusative (akuzatīvs) ērkšķi ērkšķus
genitive (ģenitīvs) ērkšķa ērkšķu
dative (datīvs) ērkšķim ērkšķiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) ērkšķi ērkšķiem
locative (lokatīvs) ērkšķī ērkšķos
vocative (vokatīvs) ērkšķi ērkšķi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ērkšķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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