karsts

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sts

karsts

1. plural of karst

• Starks, Trasks, skarts, starks

• IPA^(key): /kaʁst/

karsts m

1. plural of karst

karsts

1. indefinite genitive singular of karst

From the (intransitive) verb karst (“to heat up, to grow hot”) (q.v.), of which it is the past participle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”), from which also Lithuanian kárštas (“hot”), Latin carbo (“coal”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri, “coal”).^[1]

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karsts (definite karstais, comparative karstāks, superlative viskarstākais, adverb karsti)

1. hot (having relatively high temperature)

   karsts ūdens, ēdiens ― hot water, food

   karsts gludeklis ― hot iron (for ironing)

   karsta plīts ― hot stove

   karstas smiltis ― hot sand

   karsti garaiņi ― hot vapors

   karsts vējš ― hot wind

   karstie avoti ― hot springs

2. hot (which irradiates a lot of heat)

   karsta saule, uguns ― hot sun, fire

3. (time) hot (having relatively high air temperature)

   karsts pusdiena laiks ― hot lunch time, noon

   karsts jūlijs ― hot July

   karsts klimats ― hot climate

4. (place) hot (where the temperature is (typically) relatively high)

   karsta pirts, istaba ― hot bath, room

   karsts rūpnīcas cehs ― hot factory (work)shop

   vilciena vagonā kļūst karsts ― in the train car it gets hot

5. hot (relating to high body temperature and the feelings it causes)

   man ir karsti ― I am, feel hot

   karstas tirpas ― hot tingling

   piepeši karsts vilnis iesitās galvā ― suddenly a hot wave sank into (his) head

6. hot (which is done by heating or takes place at high temperatures)

   karstā metināšana ― hot welding

7. (of people, their actions) hot, hot-headed (having very strong, impatient character, temperament; temperamental, passionate; expressing such a character)

   viņš ir tik karsts un nikns ― he is so hot and furious

   karsts rokas spiediens ― hot (= strong, emotional) handshake

   karsts skātiens ― hot look

   karsti skūpstīt ― to kiss hotly (= passionately)

   karsts gan esi, Vīranauda... bet jauniem ļaudīm tādiem vajag būt ― hot, passionate you are, Vīranauda... but young people should be like that

8. (of feelings, actions) hot, ardent, fervent, passionate

   karsta mīlestība ― hot (= passionate) love

   karsta vēlēšanās ― ardent, ardent desire

   karstas dusmas ― hot anger

   karsti strīdi ― hot, heated dispute

9. (of places, times) hot, busy (where or when something happens intensively, e.g. war)

   karsta vieta ― hot place, hot spot

   darbs kļuva aizvien karstāks ― the work became increasingly hotter (= more intensive)

   viskarstākais ražas novākšanas laiks ― the hottest (= busiest) time of the harvest

• silts

• auksts
• vēss

• karstums

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN