sapnis

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *swápnas, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.

Noun[edit]

sapnis m (2nd declension)[1]

  1. dream (images seen during sleep)
    sapņa saturs ― dream content
    sapņa sižets ― dream story, plot
    redzēt sapni ― to have (lit. see) a dream
  2. dream (a desire which one wishes to see come true)
    sapnis par laimi ― dream of happiness
    pārvērst sapni par īstenību ― to turn a dream into reality
    jaunības sapņi ― youthful dreams
    nepiepildāms sapnis ― an impossible, unfulfillable dream

Declension[edit]

Declension of sapnis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) sapnis sapņi
accusative (akuzatīvs) sapni sapņus
genitive (ģenitīvs) sapņa sapņu
dative (datīvs) sapnim sapņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) sapni sapņiem
locative (lokatīvs) sapnī sapņos
vocative (vokatīvs) sapni sapņi

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “sapnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “*su(o)pno-”
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