raksts

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as rakstīt, perhaps its original source. According to some researchers, it reflects an earlier *rasts (cf. irregularly formed Lithuanian rãštas), changed to raksts under the influence of rakt “to dig” (earlier “to pierce,” “to scrape”; see rakt, rakstīt).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾaksts]

Noun

raksts m (1st declension)

  1. article, paper; a piece of writing
  2. writing in general

Declension
Declension of raksts (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) raksts raksti
accusative (akuzatīvs) rakstu rakstus
genitive (ģenitīvs) raksta rakstu
dative (datīvs) rakstam rakstiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) rakstu rakstiem
locative (lokatīvs) rakstā rakstos
vocative (vokatīvs) rakst raksti

Derived terms

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “rakstīt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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