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lakstīgala

lakstīgala

See also: lakstīgalā

Latvian

Lakstīgala

Alternative forms

Noun

lakstīgala f (4th declension)

  1. nightingale (small, grayish-brown European songbird, Luscinia luscinia)
    lakstīgalas dziesma‎ ― the song of the nightingale
    es vakarā paliku mazliet vēlāk ārā vienkārši tādēļ, lai paklausītos, kā upmalā pogo lakstīgala‎ ― I stayed out a little later in the evening simply to listen to the nightingale sing by the river

Declension

See also

  • pogot

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “lakstīgala”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Etymology

From an older (still dialectally attested) form lakstīga (the final la resulting from Germanic influence; cf. German Nachtigall), from the verb lakstīt ‎(“to produce bird-like sounds; to chirp, to tweet; to whistle”), from Proto-Baltic *lakst-, from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷ-, *lokʷ-, which renders voice sounds (and from which Latin loquor “to speak”). Cognates include Lithuanian lakštiñgala, lakštìngala.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lakstīːɡala]
  • IPA(key): [lakstîːɡala]

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