folklora
See also: folklorā
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from English folklore, itself a compound of folk and lore, imitating German terms like Volkslehre (“people's customs, ethnology”).
Noun
folklora f (4th declension)
- folklore (tales, legends and other oral tradition items of a given population or ethnic group)
- folkloras teicējs ― folk storyteller (lit. folklore sayer)
- vākt folkloras materiālus ― to collect folklore materials
- folkloras krātuves ― folklore repository
- folkloras tulkojumi ― folklore translations
- tautas gara mantām, folklorai Gorkijs palika uzticīgs visu mūžu ― Gorky remained all his life faithful to the peoples spiritual riches, to (their) folklore
- jau ilgi pirms nošu rakstības pastāvēja ļoti daudzveidīga mūzikas folklora ― long before music notation there already was very diverse musical folklore
Declension
Declension of folklora (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | folklora | folkloras |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | folkloru | folkloras |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | folkloras | folkloru |
| dative (datīvs) | folklorai | folklorām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | folkloru | folklorām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | folklorā | folklorās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | folklora | folkloras |
Synonyms
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