rasma
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Latvian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal form) rasme
Etymology
Derived from the verb rast (“to find”) + -ma, following the same pattern as jaust (“to sense, to guess”), jausma (“feeling, guess”). It continues older meanings of this verb, related to “growth,” “growing” (cf. older and dialectal meanings of rasma such as “flourishing,” “yield,” “excellence”). Cognates include Lithuanian rasmė̃ (“quick growth, rich income, (harvest) yield”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
rasma f (4th declension)
- (poetic) fruitfulness, fertility, fecundity; product
- tumšas augusta naktis; kāds svētīgs spēks tām, kāda rasma tās lielajai, mīkstajai rasai! ― dark August nights; what holy power they have, what fecundity, product they are of this great, soft dew!
Declension
Declension of rasma (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | rasma | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | rasmas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | rasmai | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | rasmu | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | rasmu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | rasmā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | rasma | — |
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References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rasma”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN