spulgs
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *spulgts, the past participle of an old (still dialectally attested) verb spulgt (“to shine”), from Proto-Baltic *spelg-, *spilg-, *spulg- (whence also spilgts), from Proto-Indo-European *pel-, *spel-, *spʰel- (“to shine”) with an extra g. Cognates include Sanskrit स्फुलिङ्ग (sphuliṅga, “spark”) (< *spʰ(e)li-).[1]
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]spulgs (definite spulgais, comparative spulgāks, superlative visspulgākais, adverb spulgi)
- (of light, light sources) bright, clear, shining (which emits clear, crisp light)
- spulgas zvaigznes ― bright, clear stars
- spulga uguns ― bright, clear fire
- spulgs rīts ― bright, clear morning
- spulga un kvēla saule kaist debesīs ― a bright, fierce sun burns in the sky
- atausa spulgā rīta gaisma un daba modās dzīvei ― the bright morning light dawned and nature woke up to life
- (of other objects) bright, clear, shining (which reflects clear, crisp light)
- spulgs ezers ― bright, clear lake
- spulgs diamants ― bright, shiny diamond
- kūtī stāvēja brūns teliņš un spulgām acīm skatījās no telpas pustumsas ― in the barn a little brown calf stood and looked with bright eyes from the semi-darkness of the room
- pagriezusi galvu uz durvju pusi, viņa paskatījās manī spulgu, priecīgu skatienu ― turning (her) head towards the door, she looked at me with a bright, happy look
- iestājās klusums, kurā Ausmas plaksti bija nolaisti, un tādēļ Kārlis neredzēja spulgo mirdzumu viņas acīs ― there was a silence during which Ausma's eyelids were lowerd, and so Kārlis did not see the bright glow in her eyes
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of spulgs
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | spulgs | spulgi | spulga | spulgas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | spulgu | spulgus | spulgu | spulgas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | spulga | spulgu | spulgas | spulgu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | spulgam | spulgiem | spulgai | spulgām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | spulgu | spulgiem | spulgu | spulgām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | spulgā | spulgos | spulgā | spulgās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “spulgs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN