mazgātava

See also: mazgātavā

Latvian

Etymology

A word coined from mazgāt (“to wash”) +‎ -ava by by Juris Alunāns in 1857.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

mazgātava f (4th declension)

  1. washing room; laundromat (a place, e.g. a room or a building, where one washes, e.g. clothes)
    veļas mazgātava ― clothes washing room, laundromat
    jau sestdien viņš bija apmeklējis veļas mazgātavu un sagādājis sev tīru veļu ― on Saturday he had looked for a laundromat and had gotten his clothes clean
    netīrie trauki tiek novietoti uz speciāla konveijera un paši nonāk mazgātavā ― the dirty dishes are placed on a special conveyor belt and come into the washing room

Declension

Declension of mazgātava (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative mazgātava mazgātavas
genitive mazgātavas mazgātavu
dative mazgātavai mazgātavām
accusative mazgātavu mazgātavas
instrumental mazgātavu mazgātavām
locative mazgātavā mazgātavās
vocative mazgātava mazgātavas

References

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