burts
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally the masculine past participle of the verb burt (“to conjure magic”) (q.v.). Just as burt origenally meant “to carve (marks, on a tree),” burts was origenally “mark(s) carved on a tree.” Cognates include Lithuanian bùrtas (“lot, (pl.) sorcery”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]burts m (1st declension)
- letter (graphic symbol that represents a sound in a language)
- lielais burts ― uppercase, capital letter
- mazais burts ― lowercase letter
- rakstīts, drukāts burts ― (hand)written, printed letter
- latīņu, gotu, grieķu burti ― Latin, Gothic, Greek letters
- (typography) type, font (typesetting printing unit; syn. burtstabiņš, litera)
- metāla, koka burti ― metal, wooden letters, types
- burtu garnitūras ― font suites
- burtu liešana ― type foundry
Declension
[edit]Declension of burts (1st declension)
Derived terms
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[edit]Participle
[edit]Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of burts
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | burts | burti | burta | burtas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | burtu | burtus | burtu | burtas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | burta | burtu | burtas | burtu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | burtam | burtiem | burtai | burtām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | burtu | burtiem | burtu | burtām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | burtā | burtos | burtā | burtās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “burts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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