CilmeBorrowed from Middle Low German wanne or Swedish vanna (cf. German Wanne), itself a borrowing from Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”). Such baskets were originally long and round; bathtubs were named after them due to the resemblance in form. The term is first mentioned in Latvian in 17th- and 18th-century dictionaries.
- declension-4, femininebathtub, tub (large container for water in which a person may bathe or wash something)
“skārda vanna” — tin bathtub
“ielaist vannā ūdeni” — to let the water into the bathtub
“iekāpt vannā” — to get into the bathtub
- declension-4, femininetub (a container for a certain material in liquid form to be worked on)
“elektrolītiska vanna” — electrolytic tub
- declension-4, femininebath (the act of bathing in a bathtub, especially for medicinal or therapeutic purposes)
“karsta vanna” — hot bath
“skuju ekstrakta vanna” — pine extract bath
“dūņu vannas” — mud baths
- declension-4, femininebath (prolonged exposure of one's naked body or body part(s) to some medium, generally sun or air)
“es pēc brokastīm izģērbjos un uzkāpju uz komandtiltiņa ņemt saules vannas” — after breakfast, I take off my clothes and go up to the bridge (of the boat) to take a sun bath
“atpūtas korpusa jumta plakni sanatorijā varēs izmantot saules un gaisa vannām” — the roof of the recreation building can be used for sun and air baths
Formasvanna(nominative, singular) · vannas(nominative, plural) · vannas(genitive, singular) · vannu(genitive, plural) · vannai(dative, singular) · vannām(dative, plural) · vannu(accusative, singular) · vannas(accusative, plural) · vannu(instrumental, singular) · vannām(instrumental, plural) · vannā(locative, singular) · vannās(locative, plural) · vanna(singular, vocative) · vannas(plural, vocative)
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