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stārķis

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Latvian

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 stārķis on Latvian Wikipedia
Baltais stārķis

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German stork, or from Middle Dutch stork, both from Proto-West Germanic *stork (compare German Storch, English stork).

The long vowel comes from the long level-tone syllable in the original forms (star̃ks > stārks). This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stārķis m (2nd declension)

  1. stork (large bird with long neck and legs and a long straight beak; fam. Ciconiidae)
    baltais stārķis ― white stork
    melnais stārķis ― black stork
    stārķu pāris ― a couple of storks
    stārķa ligzda ― stork nest

Declension

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Declension of stārķis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative stārķis stārķi
genitive stārķa stārķu
dative stārķim stārķiem
accusative stārķi stārķus
instrumental stārķi stārķiem
locative stārķī stārķos
vocative stārķi stārķi

References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stārķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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