valks
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English
Noun
valks
Latvian
Etymology 1
Related to the verbs vilkt (“to pull, draw, drag”) and valkāt (“to wear”), all from Proto-Baltic *wilk-, from Proto-Indo-European *welk- (“to pull, draw, drag”).
Pronunciation
Noun
valks
- (rare) something for everyday, not special (esp. clothes)
- manas valka drēbes varēsi paņemt ― my everyday clothes you can take
Usage notes
By itself, valks is rather rare; derived nouns such as pārvalks (“cover, case”) or uzvalks (“suit”) are much more frequent.
Declension
Declension of valks (1st declension)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *welk- (“to pull, draw, drag”), here probably influenced by Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“humid, wet”); see Latvian valgs (“moist, humid, damp”).
Pronunciation
Noun
valks
- (dialectal) creek, brook, small water stream
- viņa aizstaigā līdz valkam ― she walked to the stream
- viņas gāja pāri valkam pa iztrupējušu tiltiņu ― they went over the brook on a little rotten bridge
Declension
Declension of valks (1st declension)
Synonyms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vilkt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “valgs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN