galdnieks
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Galdnieki
Latvian
Etymology
From galds (“table”) + -nieks.
Pronunciation
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Noun
galdnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: galdniece)
- (male) carpenter (craftsman who works on wood, making objects from it)
- prasmīgs galdnieks ― skilled carpenter
- galdnieka amats ― carpenter's office, craft
- galdnieka darbs ― carpenter's work
- galdnieka darbnīca ― carpenter's workshop
- galdnieka darba rīki ― carpenter's tools
- galdnieku līme ― carpenter's glue (for gluing wooden objects)
- Jānis pēc pagastskolas beigšanas sāka mācīties par galdnieku ― John, after finishing the parrish school, began to learn to be a carpenter
- tagad strādāja tikai galdnieks, kur galīgi nobeidza būvi ― now only a carptenter was working, who finished the building
Declension
Declension of galdnieks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | galdnieks | galdnieki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | galdnieku | galdniekus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | galdnieka | galdnieku |
| dative (datīvs) | galdniekam | galdniekiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | galdnieku | galdniekiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | galdniekā | galdniekos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | galdniek | galdnieki |