karsts

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sts

Noun

karsts

1. plural of karst

Anagrams

• Starks, Trasks, skarts, starks

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁst/

Noun

karsts m

1. plural of karst

Icelandic

Noun

karsts

1. indefinite genitive singular of karst

Latvian

Etymology

From the (intransitive) verb karst (“to heat up, to grow hot”) (q.v.), of which it is the past participle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”), from which also Lithuanian kárštas (“hot”), Latin carbo (“coal”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri, “coal”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kâɾsts]

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Adjective

karsts (definite karstais, comparative karstāks, superlative viskarstākais, adverb karsti)

1. hot (having relatively high temperature)

   karsts ūdens, ēdiens ― hot water, food

   karsts gludeklis ― hot iron (for ironing)

   karsta plīts ― hot stove

   karstas smiltis ― hot sand

   karsti garaiņi ― hot vapors

   karsts vējš ― hot wind

   karstie avoti ― hot springs

2. hot (which irradiates a lot of heat)

   karsta saule, uguns ― hot sun, fire

3. (time) hot (having relatively high air temperature)

   karsts pusdiena laiks ― hot lunch time, noon

   karsts jūlijs ― hot July

   karsts klimats ― hot climate

4. (place) hot (where the temperature is (typically) relatively high)

   karsta pirts, istaba ― hot bath, room

   karsts rūpnīcas cehs ― hot factory (work)shop

   vilciena vagonā kļūst karsts ― in the train car it gets hot

5. hot (relating to high body temperature and the feelings it causes)

   man ir karsti ― I am, feel hot

   karstas tirpas ― hot tingling

   piepeši karsts vilnis iesitās galvā ― suddenly a hot wave sank into (his) head

6. hot (which is done by heating or takes place at high temperatures)

   karstā metināšana ― hot welding

7. (of people, their actions) hot, hot-headed (having very strong, impatient character, temperament; temperamental, passionate; expressing such a character)

   viņš ir tik karsts un nikns ― he is so hot and furious

   karsts rokas spiediens ― hot (= strong, emotional) handshake

   karsts skātiens ― hot look

   karsti skūpstīt ― to kiss hotly (= passionately)

   karsts gan esi, Vīranauda... bet jauniem ļaudīm tādiem vajag būt ― hot, passionate you are, Vīranauda... but young people should be like that

8. (of feelings, actions) hot, ardent, fervent, passionate

   karsta mīlestība ― hot (= passionate) love

   karsta vēlēšanās ― ardent, ardent desire

   karstas dusmas ― hot anger

   karsti strīdi ― hot, heated dispute

9. (of places, times) hot, busy (where or when something happens intensively, e.g. war)

   karsta vieta ― hot place, hot spot

   darbs kļuva aizvien karstāks ― the work became increasingly hotter (= more intensive)

   viskarstākais ražas novākšanas laiks ― the hottest (= busiest) time of the harvest

Declension

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	karsts	karsti		karsta	karstas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	karsta	karstu		karstas	karstu
dative (datīvs)	karstam	karstiem		karstai	karstām
accusative (akuzatīvs)	karstu	karstus		karstu	karstas
instrumental (instrumentālis)	karstu	karstiem		karstu	karstām
locative (lokatīvs)	karstā	karstos		karstā	karstās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of karsts

Synonyms

• silts

Antonyms

• auksts
• vēss

Derived terms

• karstums

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. →ISBN.

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN