vakariņas

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Latvian

Vakariņas

Etymology

From vakars (“evening”) +‎ -iņa, perhaps originally a diminutive.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

vakariņas f (4th declension)

  1. dinner (the evening meal, usually not the largest meal in Latvia; also, the time or occasion of this meal)
    sātīgas vakariņas ― hearty dinner
    ēst vakariņas ― to eat dinner
    pacienāt ar vakariņām ― to treat (someone) to dinner
    klāt vakariņu galdu ― to set the dinner table
    lūgt vakariņās ― to invite, to call to dinner
    iet vakariņās ― to go to dinner
    pēc vakariņām ― after dinner
    lietainākā laikā Nate ātrāk ienāca istabā un vārīja vakariņas ― in rainier weather Nate came sooner to his room and cooked dinner
    pēc pusstundas viņš būs mājās... bērni jau gulēs, un sieva sildīs padzisušās vakariņas ― in half an hour he will be home... the children will be sleeping, and (his) wife will warm up (his) cold dinner
    vakariņu laikā, kad Pļavnieku saime sēdās pie galda, circeņi kļuva pavisam nebēdīgi ― during dinner, when the Pļavnieks family sat at the table, the crickets became quite lively
    vakariņās sanāca iekšā visi mājnieki un sasēdās ap galdu ― at dinner (time) all members of the household came together and sat at the table

Declension

Declension of vakariņas (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) — vakariņas
accusative (akuzatīvs) — vakariņas
genitive (ģenitīvs) — vakariņu
dative (datīvs) — vakariņām
instrumental (instrumentālis) — vakariņām
locative (lokatīvs) — vakariņās
vocative (vokatīvs) — vakariņas

See also

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vakars”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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