ubags

Latvian
Ubags

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic убогъ (ubogŭ, “poor”) (cf. Old Church Slavonic убогъ (ubogŭ, “beggar”), and also Russian убогий (ubogij, “very poor; crippled”)), first attested in 17th-century dictionaries. The basic Slavic stem of this word is the same as in nabags (q.v.).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ubaks]

Noun

ubags m (1st declension, feminine form: ubadze)

  1. (male) beggar (man who obtains his livelihood by begging)
    ubaga tarba ― beggar's sack, pan
    ubaga dāvana ― donation to beggar(s), alms
    lūgt ubaga dāvanas ― to ask for alms (lit. beggar's donations), to beg

Declension
Declension of ubags (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ubags ubagi
accusative (akuzatīvs) ubagu ubagus
genitive (ģenitīvs) ubaga ubagu
dative (datīvs) ubagam ubagiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) ubagu ubagiem
locative (lokatīvs) ubagā ubagos
vocative (vokatīvs) ubags ubagi

Derived terms

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