dārzkopis

Latvian

Etymology

A back-formation from dārzkopība, coined in 1872 by by Krišjānis Valdemārs and by Fricis Brīvzemnieks.[1]

Noun

dārzkopis m (2nd declension, feminine form: dārzkope)

  1. (male) horticulturist, gardener
    kolhoza dārzkopis atcerējās, ka viņš ilgus gadus mācījies kopt dārzu augus, iekārtojis saimniekam siltumnīcu ― the kolkhoz gardener, horticulturist remembered how he had spent many years learning how to take care of the garden plants and arranged the farmers' greenhouse

Declension

Declension of dārzkopis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative dārzkopis dārzkopji
genitive dārzkopja dārzkopju
dative dārzkopim dārzkopjiem
accusative dārzkopi dārzkopjus
instrumental dārzkopi dārzkopjiem
locative dārzkopī dārzkopjos
vocative dārzkopi dārzkopji

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dārzs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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