stārķis

Latvian

Baltais stārķis

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German stork, or from Middle Dutch stork, both from Proto-West Germanic *stork (compare German Storch, English stork).

The long vowel comes from the long level-tone syllable in the original forms (star̃ks > stārks). This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [stāːɾɟis]

Noun

stārķis m (2nd declension)

  1. stork (large bird with long neck and legs and a long straight beak; fam. Ciconiidae)
    baltais stārķis ― white stork
    melnais stārķis ― black stork
    stārķu pāris ― a couple of storks
    stārķa ligzda ― stork nest

Declension

References

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