pēckarš

Latvian

Etymology

From pēc (“after”) +‎ karš (“war”).

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Noun

pēckarš m (1st declension)

1. post-war years, post-war period (time after the end of a war)

   E. Hemingvejs stāstīja par karu un pēckaru uzsvērti priekšmetiski ― E. Hemingway narrated about the war and the post-war period with an emphasis on objectivity

   man ir kādi desmit gadi, un es esmu atvests uz laukiem, piena pastrēbties; jo ir pēckarš ― I am about ten years old, and I am brought to the fields, to drink milk; because (such is) the post-war time

   Oskars iziet tomēr cauri visām Vācijas vēsturiskās attīstības fāzēm: pirmskaram, karam, pēckaram ― Oskars, however, goes through all of Germany's historical development phases: prewar, war, post-war

2. (in the genitive, used adjectivally) post-war

   pirmā pēckara vasara ― the first post-war summer

   pēckara Latvija ― post-war Latvia

   pēckara apstākļi ― post-war conditions, circumstances

   pēckara grūtības ― post-war hardships

   pēckara paaudze ― post-war generation

   pirmais pēckara periods - līdz 1949. gadam - pagāja kara postījumu likvidēšana ― the first post-war period, until 1949, (was) the (time of) liquidation of the post-war devastation

Declension

Related terms

• pirmskarš
• karš