tālrunis
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]From tāls (“far”) + runa (“talk”), made into a masculine 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). Apparently a calque of German Fernsprecher, itself a calque of French téléphone, a word coined in the 1830s from two Ancient Greek elements, τῆλε (têle, “afar”) and φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]tālrunis m (2nd declension)
- telephone set, phone (electronic device used for communication between two people)
- pacelt, nocelt tālruņa klausuli ― to pick up the telephone receiver
- Seržant, jūsu kabinetā zvana tālrunis! ― sergeant, the phone is ringing in your office!
- tūlīt no stacijas viņa iezavnīja uz māju, bet neviens pie tālruņa nepienāca ― she immediately called home from the station, but nobody came to the phone
- telephone (that part of a telephone set that converts electrical impulses into sound)
- paziņot pa tālruni ― to report by telephone
- viņš tālrunī visādi izrunājās ar mani, bet, kad ir izdevība pabūt aci pret aci, tad vienaldzīgi aiziet ― he talks with me in all ways (= about everything) on the phone, but when there is a chance to be together face to face (lit. eye to eye), then he leaves indifferently
- telephone number
- “labi, piezvaniet man rīt pat,” un Birgita pateica savas darba vietas tālruni ― “OK, do call me tomorrow,” and Birgita told (him) her workplace phone (number)
Declension
[edit]Declension of tālrunis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | tālrunis | tālruņi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | tālruni | tālruņus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | tālruņa | tālruņu |
| dative (datīvs) | tālrunim | tālruņiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | tālruni | tālruņiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | tālrunī | tālruņos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | tālruni | tālruņi |