lakstīgala

• (dialectal forms) lakstīga, laksīgala

From an older (still dialectally attested) form lakstīga (the final la resulting from Germanic influence; cf. German Nachtigall), from the verb lakstīt (“to produce bird-like sounds; to chirp, to tweet; to whistle”), from Proto-Baltic *lakst-, from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷ-, *lokʷ-, which renders voice sounds (and from which Latin loquor “to speak”). Cognates include Lithuanian lakštiñgala, lakšti̇̀ngala.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [lakstīːɡala]
• IPA^(key): [lakstîːɡala]

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lakstīgala f (4th declension)

1. nightingale (small, grayish-brown European songbird, Luscinia luscinia)

   lakstīgalas dziesma ― the song of the nightingale

   es vakarā paliku mazliet vēlāk ārā vienkārši tādēļ, lai paklausītos, kā upmalā pogo lakstīgala ― I stayed out a little later in the evening simply to listen to the nightingale sing by the river

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