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sārts

sārts

See also: sarts

Latvian

Sārts (1)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sāːɾts]

Noun

sārts m (1st declension)

  1. large bonfire
    kraut sārtu‎ ― to load the bonfire
    aizdedzināt sārtu‎ ― to start, to ignite the bonfire
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Baltic *sartas, from Proto-Indo-European *ser-, *sor- ‎(“red, rosy, pink”) with an extra suffix -t. Cognates include Lithuanian sar̃tas ‎(“(light) red, light brown (of horses)”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sāːɾts]

Adjective

sārts (def. sārtais, comp. sārtāks, sup. vissārtākais; adv. sārti)

  1. pale red, light red, pinkish red, reddish
    dzelteni sārts‎ ― yellowish red, pink
    rožaini sārts‎ ― rosy pink
    sārts zieds‎ ― pink flower
    sārta seja‎ ― rosy face
    sārti vaigi‎ ― rosy cheeks
    sārtas lūpas‎ ― rosy, pink lips
    koši sārtas rozes‎ ― bright pink roses
    sārtais marmors‎ ― pink marble
    sārts kā ābols‎ ― red as an apple (i.e., with rosy, healthy cheeks)
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See also
Colors in Latvian · krāsas (layout · text)
     sarkans, sārts      zaļš      dzeltens      ?      balts
     {{{crimson}}}      ?      ?      ?      rozā
     ?      zils      oranžs      pelēks      ?
     melns      violets      brūns      ?      ?

References

  1. 1 2 Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sārts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‎(“to put in line, in sequence, to tie, to assemble”), referring to the assembling of the wood for a bonfire, whence also sērt ‎(“to stack, pile grain (to dry)”) and sers ‎(“grain to be threshed (in the barn)”) (q.v.); sārts is derived from the verb with vowel gradation (compare vērt ‎(“to open, to close”), vārti ‎(“gate(s)”)). Cognates include Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 ‎(sarwa, “armor, weapons”), Old High German saro ‎(“armor”) (“assembled one”), Latin sors ‎(“lot, fate; divinatory stick”) (genitive sortis; original meaning “sequence of little sticks”).[1]

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