saiklis
Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as the verb siet (“to tie, to bind”), with vowel change (ie > ai; cf. saite) and an extra suffix tl: *saitl- > saiklis. The original meaning was that of “tie,” “rope” (now saite), still attested dialectally; later on it took its current grammatical meaning, replacing earlier proposed forms like jūgu-vardiņi, biedrotājs and saišķis.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sājklis]
Noun
saiklis m (2nd declension)
- (grammar) conjunction (a word used to join words or phrases into sentences)
- vienojuma, vienojamais saiklis ― coordinating conjunction
- pretstatījuma, pretstata saiklis ― adversative conjunction
- paskaidrojuma saiklis ― explicative conjunction
- pieļāvuma saiklis ― concessive conjunction
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | saiklis | saikļi |
| genitive | saikļa | saikļu |
| dative | saiklim | saikļiem |
| accusative | saikli | saikļus |
| instrumental | saikli | saikļiem |
| locative | saiklī | saikļos |
| vocative | saikli | saikļi |
Synonyms
See also
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “saiklis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN