lauks – Latvian noun declension

Noun: lauks
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	lauks
Accusative	lauku
Genitive	lauka
Dative	laukam
Instrumental	lauku
Locative	laukā
Vocative	lauk

Plural

Nominative	lauki
Accusative	laukus
Genitive	lauku
Dative	laukiem
Instrumental	laukiem
Locative	laukos
Vocative	lauki

Sample Sentences

rudzu, kviešu, linu lauks (rye, wheat, flax field)
kartupeļu, biešu, kāpostu lauks (potato, beet, cabbage field)
aparts lauks (plowed, labored field)
nokopts lauks (cleared field)
sagatavot lauku sējai (to prepare a field for sowing)
pirmie pavasara lauku darbi (the first field works of spring)
lauka gurķi (field cucumbers (i.e., grown in the open air))
lauku puķes (field flowers (i.e., those that grow freely in meadows, fields, etc,))
lauku zvirbulis (field sparrow (species found in rural areas))
lauku balodis ir lielāks par mājas balodi (the field (= wild) pigeon is bigger than the house (= domestic) pigeon)
ledus, sniega lauks (ice, snow field)
kapu lauks, kapulauks (graveyard (lit. grave field))
mīnu lauks (mine field)
ienākt no lauka istabā (to come into the room from outside)
bērni varēja iet rotaļās, skraidīt pa lauku un pēcāk visi kopā ēst vakariņas (the children could go play, run outside and later all together eat dinner)
darba lauks, darbalauks (field of work, activity)
kara lauks, karalauks (battleground (lit. war field))
kaujas lauks (battlefield)
redzes lauks (field of vision)
darbības lauks (scope (lit. field of action))
E. Eferts-Klusais spraigi darbojās kultūras un izglītības laukā (E. Eferts-Klusais worked strenuously in the field of culture and education)
celtniecība iespējams atrast daudz, daudz jaunu ceļu; šis darba lauks gaidīt gaida cilvēkus ar nemierīgu sirdi un dzīvu fantāziju (in construction it is possible to find many, many new paths; this field of work is just waiting for people with a restless heart and living fantasy)
lauka hospitālis (field hospital)
lauka virtuve (field kitchen)
lauka soma (field bag)
lauka kara tiesa (field court martial)
lauka kapelāns (field chaplain)
elektriskais, magnētiskais lauks (electric, magnetic field)
elektromagnētiskais lauks (electromagnetic field)
gravitācijas lauks (gravitational field)
akustiskais lauks (acoustic field)
kodolspēku lauks (nuclear force field)
mainīgs lauks (variable field)
lauka intensitāte (field intensity)

Nouns inflected like lauks

gredzens, greznums, sniegs, salāts, sakars, diftongs, smaids, sonets, sivēns, dienests, piecnieks, skudrs, skvērs, skaits, pacients, vilciens, realizējums, skatiens, izskats, spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *lawk-, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkós (“open space; glade”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine; bright; to see”), whence also the Latvian adjective lauks (“light (color)”) (q.v.). As a noun (with intonational change), the meaning evolution was probably “light, clear (place)” > “open place” > “field.” Cognates include Lithuanian laũkas, Old High German lōh (“forest clearing overgrown with bushes”) (< *lauh) Old Prussian laucks, Sanskrit लोकः (lokáḥ, “free space, clearing; world”), Latin lūcus (“sacred grove”) (< “glade, clearing near a grove”). See: Latin Nouns 'lūcus'.

Verbs referencing "lauks"

Latvian Nouns lūsis.