Originally the masculine past participle of the verb burt (“to conjure magic”) (q.v.). Just as burt originally meant “to carve (marks, on a tree),” burts was originally “mark(s) carved on a tree.” Cognates include Lithuanian bùrtas (“lot, (pl.) sorcery”).[1]
burts m (1st declension)
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | burts | burti | burta | burtas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | burtu | burtus | burtu | burtas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | burta | burtu | burtas | burtu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | burtam | burtiem | burtai | burtām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | burtu | burtiem | burtu | burtām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | burtā | burtos | burtā | burtās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||