pasakains
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pasaka (“folktale, fairy tale”) + -ains.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]pasakains (definite pasakainais, comparative pasakaināks, superlative vispasakainākais, adverb pasakaini)
- 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
- (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
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of pasakains
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | pasakains | pasakaini | pasakaina | pasakainas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | pasakainu | pasakainus | pasakainu | pasakainas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | pasakaina | pasakainu | pasakainas | pasakainu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | pasakainam | pasakainiem | pasakainai | pasakainām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | pasakainu | pasakainiem | pasakainu | pasakainām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | pasakainā | pasakainos | pasakainā | pasakainās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||