ērkšķis

Latvian

Ērkšķis

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same stem as ērce (tick or mite (arachnid)) (q.v.), with an extra šķ. Cognates include Lithuanian erškė̃tis (thorn).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛ̄ːɾkʃt͡ʃis]
  • IPA(key): [êːrkʃt͡ʃis]

Noun

ērkšķis m (2nd declension)

  1. thorn (sharp protective spine on a plant)
    ērkšķi dzeļ pirkstosthe thorns are stinging (my, your, his...) fingers
    nav maizes bez garozas, nav rožu bez ērkšķiemno bread without crust, no rose without thorns
  2. thorn bush (plant which has thorns)
    taisnā ceļā abi jājēji jau bija nokļuvuši līdz kalniem, kur sākās ērkšķu krūmion a straight road both riders had already gotten to the mountains where the thorn bushes began

Declension

Derived terms

References

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