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vakariņas

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Latvian

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Vakariņas

Etymology

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From vakars (evening) +‎ -iņa, perhaps originally a diminutive.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vakariņas f (4th declension)

  1. dinner (the evening meal, usually not the largest meal in Latvia; also, the time or occasion of this meal)
    sātīgas vakariņashearty dinner
    ēst vakariņasto eat dinner
    pacienāt ar vakariņāmto treat (someone) to dinner
    klāt vakariņu galduto set the dinner table
    lūgt vakariņāsto invite, to call to dinner
    iet vakariņāsto go to dinner
    pēc vakariņāmafter dinner
    lietainākā laikā Nate ātrāk ienāca istabā un vārīja vakariņasin rainier weather Nate came sooner to his room and cooked dinner
    pēc pusstundas viņš būs mājās... bērni jau gulēs, un sieva sildīs padzisušās vakariņasin half an hour he will be home... the children will be sleeping, and (his) wife will warm up (his) cold dinner
    vakariņu laikā, kad Pļavnieku saime sēdās pie galda, circeņi kļuva pavisam nebēdīgiduring dinner, when the Pļavnieks family sat at the table, the crickets became quite lively
    vakariņās sanāca iekšā visi mājnieki un sasēdās ap galduat dinner (time) all members of the household came together and sat at the table

Declension

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See also

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References

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