ubags

Latvian

Ubags

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

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Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ubags”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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