sakne

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *šaknīs from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“branch, stick”) (whence also sakas (q.v.)). Cognate with Lithuanian šaknis, Old Prussian sagnis (*saknis). Originally a feminine i-stem.[1]

Noun

sakne f (5th declension)

  1. root
  2. (arithmetic) root (of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression)
  3. (mathematical analysis) root (zero of a function)
  4. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (mathematics) radix
  5. (linguistics, grammar) root

Declension

Declension of sakne (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative sakne saknes
genitive saknes sakņu
dative saknei saknēm
accusative sakni saknes
instrumental sakni saknēm
locative saknē saknēs
vocative sakne saknes

Derived terms

  • kvadrātsakne
  • kubsakne

References

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

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Verb

sakne (present tense saknar, past tense sakna, past participle sakna, passive infinitive saknast, present participle saknande, imperative sakne/sakn)

  1. alternative form of sakna
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