karte
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (obsolete form) kārte
Etymology
Borrowed from German Karte, like kārts “playing cards” (the latter apparently having suffered the influence of kārts “pole” on its form), first attested as zemes kārte (with a long ā) in the 1850s, and later on (by the end of the 19th century) simply as karte (with a short e).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
karte f (5th declension)
- (geography) map, chart
- kartes mērogs ― map scale
- lasīt karti ― to read a map
- ģeogrāfiska karte ― geographic map
- topogrāfiska karte ― topographic map
- ģeoloģiska karte ― geologic map
- zvaigžņu karte ― star chart
- document; identification; card
- bibliotēkas lasītāja karte ― library reader card
- slimnieka individuālā karte ― individual patient card
- sheet of paper, card, etc. with special information
- tramvaja, trolejbusa karte ― a (one-month) tram, trolley pass
- ielūguma karte ― invitation card
- ēdienu karte, ēdienkarte ― food menu
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | karte | kartes |
| genitive | kartes | karšu |
| dative | kartei | kartēm |
| accusative | karti | kartes |
| instrumental | karti | kartēm |
| locative | kartē | kartēs |
| vocative | karte | kartes |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kārtsb”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN