stārķis

Latvian

Baltais stārķis

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German stork, or from Middle Dutch stork (compare German Storch, English stork). The long vowel comes from the long level-tone syllable in the original forms (star̃ks > stārks). This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [stāːɾɟis]

Noun

stārķis m (2nd declension)

  1. stork (large bird with long neck and legs and a long straight beak; fam. Ciconiidae)
    baltais stārķiswhite stork
    melnais stārķisblack stork
    stārķu pārisa couple of storks
    stārķa ligzdastork nest

Declension

References

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