CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *daš-, with a suffix -kā and š-k metathesis (compare also dialectal daška; there are also dialectal forms like dasti with a suffix -to instead of -kā), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ (“to pluck, sever, split”). Cognates include Norwegian tagge, German Zacke (“spike”), Middle Low German tagge, Dutch tak (“branch”), English tack.
- declension-4, feminine, plural-normallyfork, pitchfork (pronged tool with a long straight handle used for lifting, throwing (especially hay))
“dakšu kāts” — fork shaft
“uzdurt salmu klēpi uz dakšām” — to stick a fork into the straw
“izcelt kartupeļus ar dakšām” — to dig out potatoes with a fork
- declension-4, feminine, singular, usuallypart of a machine composed of two parallel branches
“velosipēda dakša” — bicycle fork
“motocikla priekšējā dakša” — front motorcycle fork
Formasdakša(nominative, singular) · dakšas(nominative, plural) · dakšas(genitive, singular) · dakšu(genitive, plural) · dakšai(dative, singular) · dakšām(dative, plural) · dakšu(accusative, singular) · dakšas(accusative, plural) · dakšu(instrumental, singular) · dakšām(instrumental, plural) · dakšā(locative, singular) · dakšās(locative, plural) · dakša(singular, vocative) · dakšas(plural, vocative)
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