viesnīca
See also: viesnīcā
Latvian
Viesnīca
Alternative forms
- (obsolete form) viesnīce
Etymology
From viesis (“guest”) + -nīca. A neologism coined in the 1870s by either Krišjānis Valdemārs or Fricis Brīvzemnieks in 1872, originally in the form viesnīce; the modern form appeared later in the same decade and soon became popular. It has replaced previously used expressions like viesu nams and gastūzis (a borrowing from German).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vìesnīːtsa]
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Noun
viesnīca f (4th declension)
- hotel (establishment that provides accommodation for paying guests)
- grezna viesnīca ― luxury hotel
- slavena viesnīca ― famous hotel
- apmesties viesnīcā ― to stay in a hotel
- dzīvot viesnīcā ― to live in a hotel
Declension
Declension of viesnīca (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | viesnīca | viesnīcas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | viesnīcu | viesnīcas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | viesnīcas | viesnīcu |
| dative (datīvs) | viesnīcai | viesnīcām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | viesnīcu | viesnīcām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | viesnīcā | viesnīcās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | viesnīca | viesnīcas |
Synonyms
- hotelis
- (obsolete term) gastūzis
- (obsolete term) viesu nams
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “viesnīca”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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