stāstnieks

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Latvian

Etymology

From stāsts (story) +‎ -nieks.

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Noun

stāstnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: stāstniece)

  1. (male) story writer
    vēl šodien skolu programmās pirmā latviešu stāstnieka gods ierādīts Apsīšu Jēkabameven today, in the school curriculum, the honor of (being) the first Latvian story writer is given to Apsīšu Jēkabs
    no stāstniekiem, kas izauguši pēckara gados, E. Vilks ir pats redzamākais, pats talantīgākaisof the story writers who grew up in the post-war years, E. Vilks is the most prominent, the most talented
    pēdējos gados kļuvuši rosīgāki arī mūsu stāstnieki, īpaši īsā stāsta žanrāin recent years, our story writers have become more active, especially in the short story genre
  2. (male) storyteller, narrator
    mežkopis runāja sausi un neveikli, tikai speciālistiem saprotami... viņš vēl nebija atklājis un izkopis savu stāstnieka talantuthe forester talked dryly and awkwardly, understandable only to specialists... he had not yet discovered and cultivated his storyteller talent

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