dancis

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Verb

dancis

  1. past of danci

Latvian

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dāntsis]
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Noun

dancis m (2nd declension)

  1. (dated sense) dance (the act of dancing; the art of dancing; a style of dancing)
    ej un lūdz uz danci veco Kaču ― go and invite the old Kaču to the dance
    pēc dāmu polkas bija garāka pauze... pagāja vēl vairāk danču, un Ilze mežsarga nepamanīja ― after the ladies' polka there was a longer pause... there were more dances going on, and Ilze did not notice the forester
  2. (ethnography) Latvian traditional, folkloric dances
    garais dancis ― the leap (lit. long) dance
    dejot krusta danci ― to dance the cross dance
    es šajā dancī tik un tā nepiedalīšos ― I will not participate like that in this (traditional) dance

Declension
Declension of dancis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) dancis danči
accusative (akuzatīvs) danci dančus
genitive (ģenitīvs) danča danču
dative (datīvs) dancim dančiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) danci dančiem
locative (lokatīvs) dancī dančos
vocative (vokatīvs) danci danči

Synonyms
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