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Latvian
Etymology
Initially the past particle of an earlier verb *daigt (“to stab, to prick, to pierce”) (i.e., “pierced (thing)” > “(piercing) instrument” > “tool, thing”), From Proto-Baltic *daig-, from Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick into, pierce”), whence also dīgt (“to sprout, to shoot, to germinate”). Cognate to Lithuanian dáiktas (cf. also dáigyti (“to prick”)).[1]
Noun
daikts m (1st declension)
- (colloquial) tool, instrument; also, thing
- uz galda, divas tintnīcas, gūzma rakstāmo daiktu ― on the table, two inkwells, a bunch of writing tools
- vienā istabā atpūtās ēvelsols, lielie namdara kalti, ēveles un citi daikti ― in one room there was a carpenter bench, large carpenter chisels, planes and other tools
- apbruņojies ar grābekli, kapli, lāpstu un citiem tīrīšanai vajadzīgiem daiktiem, tēvocis Antons sāk dārzā spodrības nedēļas darbus ― armed with rake, hoe, shovel and other cleaning tools, uncle Antons begins the work of cleaning week in the garden
- nevarētu ticēt, ka šie resnie pirksti diendienā rīkojas ar tiem smalkākajiem daiktiem dažādos mūzikas instrumentos, atrod visnoslēptākos bojājumus un prot tos izlabot ― one could not believe that these fat fingers handled every day the smallest gadgets, tools in various musical instruments, found the most hidden imperfections and fixed them
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Declension of daikts (1st declension)
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