pasaka

pa- +‎ saka

• Hyphenation: pa‧sa‧ka

pasaka

1. vertical; standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal

From pa- +‎ the verb sacīt (“to say, to tell”) (in its present tense stem sak-); cf. dialectal saka (“tale, saying”). The original meaning was thus “something to be said, told.” Cognates include Lithuanian pãsaka.[1]

pasaka f (4th declension)

1. legend, folktale, fairy tale (folkloric narrative, typically including fantastic or magic elements; the corresponding folkloric genre)

   vākt, publicēt tautas pasakas ― to collect, to publish folk tales

   latviešu tautas pasakas ― Latvian folktales

   pasaku teicējs, stastītājs ― storyteller

   pasaku grāmata ― book of folktales

   stastīt bērniem pasakas ― to tell fairy tales to the children

   dzīvnieku pasakas ― animal tales

   K. Skalbes pasakas ― K. Skalbe's fairy tales

2. (figuratively) uncommonly beautiful, pleasant, good

   kā pasakā ― as in a fairy tale (i.e., very good, very beautiful)

   tā nebija platmale, bet pasaka! ― that was not a hat, but a fairy tale!

   visiem tas šķita pasaka, nevis kuģis ― to all it seemed more like a fairy tale than a ship

3. (usually in the plural) nonsense, fantasy, exaggerations, rumors

   nestāsti nu pasakas! ― don't you tell fairy tales!

   tās ir tīrās pasakas ― this is pure fantasy

• pasakains

pasaka

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of pasacīt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of pasacīt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of pasacīt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of pasacīt

pãsaka f (plural pãsakos)

1. fairy tale