spulga

See also: spulgā

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as the adjective spulgs (“bright”), made into a fourth-declension feminine noun (ending -a).[1]

Noun

spulga f (4th declension)

  1. shine, brightness (the quality of that which is bright)
    zvaigžņu spulga ― star shine
    cilvēki iet, saulrieta spulga tos apņem ― people go, (and) the sunset brightness surrounds them

Declension
Declension of spulga (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) spulga spulgas
accusative (akuzatīvs) spulgu spulgas
genitive (ģenitīvs) spulgas spulgu
dative (datīvs) spulgai spulgām
instrumental (instrumentālis) spulgu spulgām
locative (lokatīvs) spulgā spulgās
vocative (vokatīvs) spulga spulgas

Synonyms
  • spulgojums

Adjective

spulga

  1. genitive singular masculine form of spulgs
  2. nominative singular feminine form of spulgs

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “spulgs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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