pasakains

Latvian

Etymology

From pasaka (“folktale, fairy tale”) +‎ -ains.

Adjective

pasakains (definite pasakainais, comparative pasakaināks, superlative vispasakainākais, adverb pasakaini)

1. fabulous, fantastic (typical of fairy tales, their characters or places; very beautiful, very good)

   pasakainas ainas, ainavas ― fabulous scenes, landscapes

   pasakains vakars ― fabulous evening

   pasakaina apkārtne ― fabulous surroundings, neighborhood

   pasakains milzis ― fabulous, fairy-tale giant

2. (of value, intensity) fabulous (extremely large)

   pasakaina naudas summa ― fabulous amount of money

   pasakaina cena ― fabulous price

   Ģirtam likās, ka mašīna joņo pasakainā ātrumā ― it seemed to Ģirts that the car was going at a fantastic speed

Declension

Indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of pasakains

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	pasakains	pasakaini		pasakaina	pasakainas
genitive	pasakaina	pasakainu		pasakainas	pasakainu
dative	pasakainam	pasakainiem		pasakainai	pasakainām
accusative	pasakainu	pasakainus		pasakainu	pasakainas
instrumental	pasakainu	pasakainiem		pasakainu	pasakainām
locative	pasakainā	pasakainos		pasakainā	pasakainās
vocative	—	—		—	—

Derived terms

• pasakainība

Related terms

• sacīt