Noun: maks
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | maks |
| Accusative | maku |
| Genitive | maka |
| Dative | makam |
| Instrumental | maku |
| Locative | makā |
| Vocative | mak |
Plural
| Nominative | maki |
| Accusative | makus |
| Genitive | maku |
| Dative | makiem |
| Instrumental | makiem |
| Locative | makos |
| Vocative | maki |
Sample Sentences
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dokumentu maks (document pouch, wallet)
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bultu maks (quiver (lit. arrow pouch))
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tabakas maks, tabakmaks (tobacco pouch)
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naudas maks, naudasmaks (wallet (lit. money pouch))
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(naudas)maks ar vairākiem nodalījumiem (wallet with many compartments)
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ielikt (naudas)makā naudu (to put money in (one's) wallet (= money pouch))
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vecais izvilka pīpi, tabakas maku un ietaisīja dūmu (the old man pulled his pipe out, took (his) tobacco pouch and made some smoke)
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bārdama bija novērojusi Nātiņu kā jautrās sabiedrības saimnieku, kas pārvalda maku, no kura tiek maksāts (the bartender had observed Nātiņš as the host of a fun company (of people) who controlled the bag from which (everybody) was paid)
Nouns inflected like maks
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 the same source as maksts (q.v.): Proto-Baltic *mak-, from Proto-Indo-European *mak- (“small (leather) bag or pouch”). Cognates include Lithuanian mãkas, Old Prussian dantimax (“gums”) (dantis (“tooth”)), Old Church Slavonic мошьна (mošĭna), Russian мошна́ (mošná, “small bag or pouch”), Old High German maga, German Magen (“stomach”). See: German Nouns '
Magen'.
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