augs

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Etymology 1

Coined in 1859 by Heinrihs Kavals, from the same stem as the verb augt, made into a masculine first-declension noun (ending -s), and later popularized by Atis Kronvalds, replacing in this sense the word stāds, now more restricted in its use. The alternative form auģis, proposed in the early 1860s by E. Dinsbergs, never became popular and was soon abandoned.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete form) auģis

Pronunciation

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Noun

augs m (1st declension)

1. plant (higher living organism capable of photosynthesis: herbs, bushes, trees, etc.)

   viengadīgs, divgadīgs, daudzgadīgs augs ― annual, biennial, perennial plant

   savvaļas augi ― wild plants

   istabas augs ― indoor plants

   dekoratīvie augi ― decorative plants

   ēnas augi ― shady plants

   ūdens augi ― water plants

   audzēt lopbarības augus ― to grow fodder (lit. cattle) plants

   augu sugas ― plant species

   augu valsts ― the vegetable (lit. plant) realm

   augu tējas ― herbal (lit. plant) tea

   augu eļļas ― vegetable (lit. plant) oils

   zemākie, augstākie augi ― lower, higher plants

   auga virszemes daļas ― above-ground plant parts

   augu slimības ― plant diseases

   augu fizioloģija ― plant physiology

   dzirdot vārdu “augi”, vispirms iedomājamies dārzu, druvu, pļavu vai mežu, bet augi sastopami arī ūdenī ― hearing the word “plant,” we first think of gardens, fields, meadows or forests, but there are plants also in water

Usage notes

Augs is the basic term for "plants." Stāds usually refers to plants that were actually planted (e.g., in a garden) by someone, not to wild plants.

Declension

Synonyms

• dēsts
• stāds

Etymology 2

from the same stem as the verb augt, made into an adjective (augs, auga), originally meaning “growing, increasing,” from which “that which continues all the time” and now “all, (the) whole,” used with nouns denoting time. In current standard Latvian, it is found mostly in the instrumental case.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

augs (no definite forms; irreg. adv. (none))

1. (in time expressions, usually instrumental) all, whole (the entire time period)

   strādāt augu dienu ― to work all day long, the whole day

   raudāt augām naktīm ― to cry whole nights

   augām dienām sēdēt pie grāmatām ― to sit in front of books for whole days

   sen manā sirdī ilgas sēd, / uz āru laužas ar varu; / tās augu mūžu sirdi ēd, / pret sienām sitas ar sparu ― there have long been desires in my heart, / they break out with force; / (my) whole life they eat (my) heart, / beating against the walls (of my body) with vigor

Declension

Synonyms

• viss

Etymology 3

See augt.

Verb

augs

1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of augt

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