Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) sarks

Adjective

Sarkans

sarkans (def. sarkanais, comp. sarkanāks, sup. vissarkanākais; adv. sarkani)

1. red (having the color of, e.g., blood)

   tumši, gaiši, koši sarkans‎ ― dark, light, bright red

   ugunīgi sarkans‎ ― fiery red

   sarkani ziedi, rozes‎ ― red flowers, roses

   sarkana gaisma, blāzma‎ ― red light, glow

   sarkana signāluguns‎ ― red beacon

   sarkans karogs‎ ― red flag

   sarkans kā biete, kā asins‎ ― red as beet, as blood

   sarkanie asinsķermenīši‎ ― red blood cells

   Sarkanais Krusts‎ ― the Red Cross

2. red, brownish red (having a tone or hue similar to red when compared to other related elements)

   sarkani mati‎ ― red hair

   sarkana govs‎ ― red cow

   sarkanie galviņkāposti‎ ― red cabbage

   sarkanie ķieģeļi‎ ― red bricks

   sarkanais kaviārs‎ ― red caviar

3. red (relating to communism; more specifically, realting to the former Soviet Red Army)

   Sarkanā Armija‎ ― the Red Army

   sarkanā gvarde‎ ― the red guard (1917 workers' division)

   latviešu sarkanie strēlnieki‎ ― Latvian red riflemen (those who fought for the Bolsheviks)

   sarkanais karogs‎ ― the red flag

Declension

Related terms

• sarķis
• sarkt, sarkums
• sārts

Derived terms

• iesarkans, sarkanīgs
• sarkanā mušmire
• sarkanbrūns
• sarkanums

See also

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sarkans”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7