sarkans
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Latvian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (dialectal form) sarks
Etymology[edit]
Derived from a dialectal adjective sarks (“red, pink”), from Proto-Baltic *sark- (whence also sarkt (“to blush”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-, *sar- (“red, pink”), with an extra -k. In the dialects that have the simple adjective sarks, sarkans has the meaning “reddish.” Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal sárkanas (“bright, clear, light; pink”), Proto-Scythian *suxrí (“bright”), Persian سرخ (sorx, “red”), Northern Kurdish sor (“red”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sarkans (definite sarkanais, comparative sarkanāks, superlative vissarkanākais, adverb sarkani)
- red (having the color of, e.g., blood)
- tumši, gaiši, koši sarkans ― dark, light, bright red
- ugunīgi sarkans ― fiery red
- sarkani ziedi, rozes ― red flowers, roses
- sarkana gaisma, blāzma ― red light, glow
- sarkana signāluguns ― red beacon
- sarkans karogs ― red flag
- sarkans kā biete, kā asins ― red as beet, as blood
- sarkanie asinsķermenīši ― red blood cells
- Sarkanais Krusts ― the Red Cross
- red, brownish red (having a tone or hue similar to red when compared to other related elements)
- sarkani mati ― red hair
- sarkana govs ― red cow
- sarkanie galviņkāposti ― red cabbage
- sarkanie ķieģeļi ― red bricks
- sarkanais kaviārs ― red caviar
- red (relating to communism; more specifically, realting to the former Soviet Red Army)
- Sarkanā Armija ― the Red Army
- sarkanā gvarde ― the red guard (1917 workers' division)
- latviešu sarkanie strēlnieki ― Latvian red riflemen (those who fought for the Bolsheviks)
- sarkanais karogs ― the red flag
Declension[edit]
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of sarkans
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sarkans | sarkani | sarkana | sarkanas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sarkanu | sarkanus | sarkanu | sarkanas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sarkana | sarkanu | sarkanas | sarkanu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | sarkanam | sarkaniem | sarkanai | sarkanām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sarkanu | sarkaniem | sarkanu | sarkanām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | sarkanā | sarkanos | sarkanā | sarkanās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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See also[edit]
| balts | pelēks | melns |
| sarkans, sārts | oranžs; brūns | dzeltens |
| zaļš | ||
| zilzaļš, ciāns | zils | |
| violets; zilganviolets, indigo | fuksīns; violets | rozā |
References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sarkans”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN