stāsts
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Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as stāstīt (“to tell, to narrate”), made into a masculine first declension noun.
Pronunciation
Noun
stāsts m (1st declension)
- (literature) story (a literary work of art, in which events of people's lives are narrated)
- īsais stāsts ― short story
- garais stāsts ― long story (larger scope)
- sadzīves stāsts ― home, everyday life story
- sociālais stāsts ― social story
- psiholoģiskais stāsts ― psychological story
- piedzīvojumu stāsts ― adventure story
- humoristisks, satīrisks stāsts ― humorous, satyrical story
- reālistisks, fantastisks stāsts ― realistic, fantastic story
- dokumentāls stāsts ― documentary story
- stāstu autors ― an author of stories, a story writer
- stāstu krājums ― a collection of stories (= anthology)
- stāsta sižets ― storyline, plot
- īsajā stāstā visa uzmanība pievērsta viena vai dažu cilvēku rīcībai vienā notikumā ― in the short story all attention is directed to the action(s) of one or a few people in the same event
- story (that which is told, narrated)
- vecu ļaužu stāsti ― old people's stories
- briesmu stāsts ― scary story
- spoku stāsts ― ghost story
- burlaku stāsts ― bandit story (about robbers, killers, etc.)
- mednieku stāsts ― hunter's story (with too many exaggerations)
- tas ir garš stāsts ― this is a long story (= there is much to tell)
- puika būdams, Toms mīlēja klausīties vectēva stāstus par viņa mācekļa gaitām ― as a boy, Toms loved to hear (his) grandfather's stories about his apprentice years
- kundze sāka stāstīt visu, ko zināja; stāstā nekas neatšķirās no tā, ko tepat jau bija pavēstījis Brauska ― the lady started telling all that she knew; in (her) story nothing differed from what Brauska had already told
Declension
Declension of stāsts (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | stāsts | stāsti |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | stāstu | stāstus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | stāsta | stāstu |
| dative (datīvs) | stāstam | stāstiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | stāstu | stāstiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | stāstā | stāstos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | stāst | stāsti |
Synonyms
- (of "that which is told"): stāstījums
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stāstīt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN