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Latvian
Etymology
From stāsts (“story”) + -nieks.
Pronunciation
Noun
stāstnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: stāstniece)
- (male) story writer
- vēl šodien skolu programmās pirmā latviešu stāstnieka gods ierādīts Apsīšu Jēkabam ― even 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 talantīgākais ― of 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 žanrā ― in recent years, our story writers have become more active, especially in the short story genre
- (male) storyteller, narrator
- mežkopis runāja sausi un neveikli, tikai speciālistiem saprotami... viņš vēl nebija atklājis un izkopis savu stāstnieka talantu ― the forester talked dryly and awkwardly, understandable only to specialists... he had not yet discovered and cultivated his storyteller talent
Declension
Declension of stāstnieks (1st declension)
Synonyms