Hungarian

Noun

adata

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of adat

Declension

Ladin

Verb

adata

1. third-person singular present indicative of adater
2. third-person plural present indicative of adater
3. second-person singular imperative of adater

Latvian

Adata (1)

Adatas (2)

Kaktusa adatas (4)

Kompasa adata (5)

Etymology

From the same stem as adīt ‎(“to knit”) (with an extra -at): Proto-Baltic *ad-, from Proto-Indo-European *edʰ-, *odʰ- ‎(“pointed, sharp”). Cognates include Lithuanian ãdata.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [adata]

Noun

adata f (4th declension)

1. needle (a long, thin, pointy tool for sewing or knitting, usually made of metal)

   šujamā adata‎ ― sewing needle

   lāpāmā adata‎ ― darning needle

   adāmadata‎ ― knitting needle

   ķirurģiskā adata‎ ― surgery needle

   adatas acs‎ ― eye of a needle

   adata ar lielu aci‎ ― a needle with a large eye

   ievērt diegu adatā‎ ― to thread (lit. to insert thread into) a needle

   sieva paņēma adatu ar diegu un gribēja sašūt plēsumu svārkos‎ ― (his) wife took a needle and thread and wanted to sew the tear in (his) suit coat

   šīs daļas ada ar smalkākām adatām'‎ ― these parts (of the pullover) one knits with finer needles

2. pin (various thin, pointy objects used to hold together clothes, hair, etc. or as ornaments)

   saspraužamā adata‎ ― safety pin

   matu adatas‎ ― hairpins

   kaklasaites adata‎ ― tie pin

   meistars pataustīja, vai adata vēl labi turas kakla lakatiņā‎ ― the master checked whether the pin was still holding the neck kerchief well

3. needle (thin metal object with a sharp point, used for pricking, or for injecting substances)

   injekciju adata‎ ― injection needle

   adatu terapija‎ ― acupuncture (lit. needle therapy)

4. (usually plural) needles, spikes, thorns, spines (thin, sharp growths on plants or animals)

   eža kažoka adatas‎ ― hedgehog spikes

   kaktusa adatas‎ ― cactus thorns

   cirtēju cietās rokas nejuta asās skuju adatas, kas ķērās viņu drēbēs un dūrās, kur vien pieskārās‎ ― the hard hands of the lumbermen did not feel the sharp connifer needles that stuck to their clothes and pricked wherever they touched

5. needle (part of an instrument or machine with a needle-like shape or form)

   manometra adata‎ ― the needle of the pressure gauge

   mērinstrumenta adata‎ ― the needle of the meter, measuring instrument

   kompasa adata‎ ― compass needle

   dreboša magnēta adata vienmēr griežas pret polu‎ ― the trembling magnet needle always turns towards the pole

   spidometers drebināja rādītāja adatu, ceļa kilometri dila, un skaitlis uz skalas auga‎ ― the speedometer made its indicato rneedle tremble, the kilometers of the path (to go) decreased, and the numbers on the meter grew

Declension

Related terms

• adīt

References

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

Lithuanian

Etymology

Akin to Latvian adata (see above), the suffix is -ata. The most convincing explanation derives this word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰ-, as with eglė ‎(“spruce, fir”) < *ed-li^[1], see for more. Further related to adyti ‎(“to darn”). Confer also uodegà ‎(“tail”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaː.dɐ.tɐ/

Noun

ãdata f ‎(plural ãdatos) stress pattern 4

1. needle (used for sewing, knitting, etc.)

   ãdatos ausẽlė - eye of the needle

2. any thin, sharp, pointed object: spine, prick, thorn
3. surgery needle, injection

   léisti ãdatą - give an injection

Declension

Derived terms

• adatinė
• sedėti, kaip ant adatų

References

1. ↑ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 27898 1, page 151