ubags

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic убогъ (ubogŭ, “poor”) (cf. Old Church Slavonic убогъ (ubogŭ, “beggar”), and also Russian убогий (ubogij, “very poor; crippled”)), first attested in 17th-century dictionaries. The basic Slavic stem of this word is the same as in nabags (q.v.).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ubaks]

Noun

ubags m (1st declension, feminine form: ubadze)

  1. (male) beggar (man who obtains his livelihood by begging)
    ubaga tarba ― beggar's sack, pan
    ubaga dāvana ― donation to beggar(s), alms
    lūgt ubaga dāvanas ― to ask for alms (lit. beggar's donations), to beg

Declension

Declension of ubags (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative ubags ubagi
genitive ubaga ubagu
dative ubagam ubagiem
accusative ubagu ubagus
instrumental ubagu ubagiem
locative ubagā ubagos
vocative ubag ubagi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ubags”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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