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]| 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pasakainais | pasakainie | pasakainā | pasakainās | |
| genitive | pasakainā | pasakaino | pasakainās | pasakaino | |
| dative | pasakainajam | pasakainajiem | pasakainajai | pasakainajām | |
| accusative | pasakaino | pasakainos | pasakaino | pasakainās | |
| instrumental | pasakaino | pasakainajiem | pasakaino | pasakainajām | |
| locative | pasakainajā | pasakainajos | pasakainajā | pasakainajās | |
| vocative | pasakaino, pasakainais | pasakainie | pasakaino, pasakainā | pasakainās | |