sapnis

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *swápnas, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.

Noun

sapnis m (2nd declension)[1]

  1. dream (images seen during sleep)
    sapņa saturs ― dream content
    sapņa sižets ― dream story, plot
    redzēt sapni ― to have (lit. see) a dream
  2. dream (a desire which one wishes to see come true)
    sapnis par laimi ― dream of happiness
    pārvērst sapni par īstenību ― to turn a dream into reality
    jaunības sapņi ― youthful dreams
    nepiepildāms sapnis ― an impossible, unfulfillable dream

Declension

Declension of sapnis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative sapnis sapņi
genitive sapņa sapņu
dative sapnim sapņiem
accusative sapni sapņus
instrumental sapni sapņiem
locative sapnī sapņos
vocative sapni sapņi

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “sapnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “*su(o)pno-”
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