punšs

Latvian

Etymology

From English punch, probably via German Punsch. Alternative historical forms: punšis, punčis. First attested use – 1803.[1] In English from Hindi पाँच (pāñć, “five”) denoting five ingredients the drink is supposedly made of, ultimately cognate with Latvian pieci among others.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [punʃ]

Noun

punšs m (1 declension)

  1. punch (beverage)
    no rīsa dedzina, it kā no rudziem mūsu brandvīnu, arīdzan to Arrak, ar ko Punč taisa ― from rice [they are] burning (= distilling), like (we do) from rye our Branntwein (= vodka), also this arrack with which punch is made.[2]
    (...) tad nu lasa grāmatas, dzer punšus, smēķē (..) ― then (one ends up) reading books, drinking punches, smoking (...)[3]

Declension
Declension of punšs (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) punšs punši
accusative (akuzatīvs) punšu punšus
genitive (ģenitīvs) punša punšu
dative (datīvs) punšam punšiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) punšu punšiem
locative (lokatīvs) punšā punšos
vocative (vokatīvs) punšs punši

Synonyms

References
  1. “punšs” in Juris Baldunčiks (1989), Anglicismi latviešu valodā (Rīga: «Zinātne») →ISBN.
  2. Mīlihs G, (1803), Jaunā skolas grāmata, Jelgava, page 122.
  3. (1862), Mājas Viesis, January, page 5.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.