pagrabs

Latvian

Pagrabs

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic погробъ (pogrobŭ, pit with a cover on top) (cf. Russian по́греб (pógreb, cellar, warehouse)), itself derived from погребати (pogrebati, to rake, to dig). Given its form, this word must have been borrowed before the 13th century, though it is first mentioned only in 17th-century Latvian dictionaries.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

pagrabs m (1st declension)

  1. cellar, basement (underground floor or space under a building)
    pagraba dzīvoklisbasement apartment
    pagraba logsbasement window
    kartupeļu, dārzeņu pagrabspotato, vegetable cellar
    vīna pagrabswine cellar

Declension

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), pagrabs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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