Latvian

Kāršu žogs (1)

Karoga kārtis (1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kāːɾts]

Noun

kārts f (6th declension)

1. pole, post (long, thin piece of wood, usually for supporting something)

   nomizota kārts‎ ― debarked pole

   cirst kārtis‎ ― to cut poles

   sasliet kārtis‎ ― to raise poles

   kāršu žogs‎ ― pole fence

   karoga kārts‎ ― flagpole

   garš kā kārts‎ ― tall as a pole (a tall, thin person)

   Juris pagalmā ieraudzīja Ellu, kas vilka metrus divus, divarpus garu kārti‎ ― in the courtyard Juris saw Ella dragging a two-, two-and-a-half-meter long pole

   viņš staigā pa dārzu, gar ēkām, gar dīķi... pāris reizes ar kārti to mērīja‎ ― he walked by the garden, along the buildings, the pond... a couple of times he measured it with a pole

2. (sports, athletics) pole used in pole vault competitions

   tagad, izrādās, vairs nepietiek tikai ar kārts atbilstību sportista augumam un svaram‎ ― now, it turns out, the support of the pole is no longer enough for the height and weight of the athlete...

Declension

Synonyms

• līksts

Etymology 2

Kārtis

A borrowing from German Karte (with level-tone lengthening: āɾ > āːɾ), itself borrowed from French carte. The term is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries as a plural 5th-declension noun (kārtes); the current 6th-declension form is first attested in the 1870s, perhaps as a result of the influence of kārts “pole” (see above), which was already a 6th-declension stem; cf. karte, also borrowed from German Karte, but not influenced by kārts “pole.”^[2]

Alternative forms

• (obsolete form) kārte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kāːɾts]

Noun

kārts f (6th declension)

1. card, playing card (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of hard paper or cardboard with drawings, used to play various games)

   kāršu komplekts‎ ― deck of cards

   kāršu vērtība‎ ― the value of the cards

   kāršu spēle‎ ― card game

   dalīt kārtis‎ ― to give (lit. distribute) the cards

   kāršu suga‎ ― card suit

   Nikurs paņēma savu kārti... tas bija pīķa kalps‎ ― Nikurs took his card... it was the jack of spades

2. cards, card game (a game which uses these cards)

   kāršu partija‎ ― a game of cards

   spēlēt kārtis‎ ― to play cards

   kungi sēdās pie kāršu galda‎ ― the gentlemen sat down at the card table

   lielajā namā pirms revolūcijas pulcējās muižnieku aristokrātija, notriecot lauku kārtīs, uzdzīvē un tukšās diskusijās‎ ― before the revolution, the landowner aristocracy got together in the big house, killing time in (= with) cards, merry-making and empty discussions

Declension

Synonyms

• spēļu kārts

See also

Suits in Latvian · sugas (see also: kārts, spēļu kārts) (layout · text)
sirdis	kāravi	pīķi	krusti

References

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