augsme
See also: augsmē
Latvian
Etymology
Coined in the 1900s, from aug(t) (“to grow”) + -sme), by J. Pliekšāns (Rainis).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [âwksme]
Audio: (file)
Noun
augsme f (5th declension)
- (poetic) growth, development, blooming, blossoming
- pilsētas augsme ― the growth, development of the city
- nacionālās literatūras augsme ― the growth of national literature
- sekmēt jauno talantu augsmi ― to promote the development of new talent
- parādot cilvēku raksturus, to augsmi, literatūra atspoguļo dzīves attīstības likumības ― showing human features (and) their growth, literature reflects the laws of development of life
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | augsme | — |
| genitive | augsmes | — |
| dative | augsmei | — |
| accusative | augsmi | — |
| instrumental | augsmi | — |
| locative | augsmē | — |
| vocative | augsme | — |
Synonyms
- augšana
- izaugsme
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “augt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN