daikts

Latvian

Etymology

Initially the past particle of an earlier verb *daigt (“to stab, to prick, to pierce”) (i.e., “pierced (thing)” > “(piercing) instrument” > “tool, thing”), From Proto-Baltic *daig-, from Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick into, pierce”), whence also dīgt (“to sprout, to shoot, to germinate”). Cognate to Lithuanian dáiktas (cf. also dáigyti (“to prick”)).

Noun

daikts m (1st declension)

1. (colloquial) tool, instrument; also, thing

   uz galda, divas tintnīcas, gūzma rakstāmo daiktu ― on the table, two inkwells, a bunch of writing tools

   vienā istabā atpūtās ēvelsols, lielie namdara kalti, ēveles un citi daikti ― in one room there was a carpenter bench, large carpenter chisels, planes and other tools

   apbruņojies ar grābekli, kapli, lāpstu un citiem tīrīšanai vajadzīgiem daiktiem, tēvocis Antons sāk dārzā spodrības nedēļas darbus ― armed with rake, hoe, shovel and other cleaning tools, uncle Antons begins the work of cleaning week in the garden

   nevarētu ticēt, ka šie resnie pirksti diendienā rīkojas ar tiem smalkākajiem daiktiem dažādos mūzikas instrumentos, atrod visnoslēptākos bojājumus un prot tos izlabot ― one could not believe that these fat fingers handled every day the smallest gadgets, tools in various musical instruments, found the most hidden imperfections and fixed them

Declension

Declension of daikts (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	daikts	daikti
genitive	daikta	daiktu
dative	daiktam	daiktiem
accusative	daiktu	daiktus
instrumental	daiktu	daiktiem
locative	daiktā	daiktos
vocative	daikt	daikti

Synonyms

• (of "tool"): rīks, darbarīks
• (of "thing"): lieta