sakne

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *šaknīs from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“branch, stick”) (whence also sakas (q.v.)). Cognate with Lithuanian šaknis, Old Prussian sagnis (*saknis). Originally a feminine i-stem.[1]

Noun

sakne f (5th declension)

  1. root
  2. (mathematics) radix
  3. (linguistics, grammar) root

Declension
Declension of sakne (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) sakne saknes
accusative (akuzatīvs) sakni saknes
genitive (ģenitīvs) saknes sakņu
dative (datīvs) saknei saknēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) sakni saknēm
locative (lokatīvs) saknē saknēs
vocative (vokatīvs) sakne saknes

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sakne (present tense saknar, past tense sakna, past participle sakna, passive infinitive saknast, present participle saknande, imperative sakn/sakne)

  1. Alternative form of sakna
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