gadalaiks

Latvian

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gadalaiks

pavasaris

vasara

rudens

ziema

Gadalaiki

Etymology

From gada (“year[gen.]”) +‎ laiks (“time”), probably a calque of German Jahreszeit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gadalaiks m (1st declension)

1. season of the year (i.e., spring, summer, autumn, winter: periods of the year characterized by different average weather conditions)

   silts, auksts gadalaiks ― warm, cold season

   lietains, sauss gadalaiks ― rainy, dry season

   klimatiskie gadalaiki ― climatic seasons

   viņa pati bija kā dzimtenes daba ar tās četriem gadalaikiem, kas cits aiz cita mijas ― she herself was like (our) homeland nature with its four seasons, which came one after the other

   gleznotāja audeklos tēloti gadalaiki... tur ir pavasari un vasaras, tur ir rudeņi un ziemas ― in the painter's canvasses the seasons (were) depicted... here are springs and summers, there are autumns and winters

Declension

Declension of gadalaiks (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	gadalaiks	gadalaiki
genitive	gadalaika	gadalaiku
dative	gadalaikam	gadalaikiem
accusative	gadalaiku	gadalaikus
instrumental	gadalaiku	gadalaikiem
locative	gadalaikā	gadalaikos
vocative	gadalaik	gadalaiki

Synonyms

• sezona

See also

• seasons: četri gadalaiki: pavasaris · vasara · rudens · ziema ^[edit]