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ubags

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Latvian

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Ubags

Etymology

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Borrowed from Old East Slavic убогъ (ubogŭ, “poor”) (cf. Old Church Slavonic убогъ (ubogŭ, “beggar”), and also Russian убогий (ubogij, “very poor; crippled”)), first attested in 17th-century dictionaries. The basic Slavic stem of this word is the same as in nabags (q.v.).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ubags m (1st declension, feminine form: ubadze)

  1. (male) beggar (man who obtains his livelihood by begging)
    ubaga tarba ― beggar's sack, pan
    ubaga dāvana ― donation to beggar(s), alms
    lūgt ubaga dāvanas ― to ask for alms (lit. beggar's donations), to beg

Declension

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Declension of ubags (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ubags ubagi
genitive (ģenitīvs) ubaga ubagu
dative (datīvs) ubagam ubagiem
accusative (akuzatīvs) ubagu ubagus
instrumental (instrumentālis) ubagu ubagiem
locative (lokatīvs) ubagā ubagos
vocative (vokatīvs) ubag ubagi

Derived terms

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References

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