stāds

See also: stads

Latvian

Stāds

Stāds

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *stādas, from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *steh₂- (“to stand, to place”) (whence also stāt, stāvēt, q.v.) with an extra suffix *-dʰo. The original meaning was probably “that which stands”, from which “that which was planted (and is standing)”. Cognates include Lithuanian stõdai (“untrimmed vegetable seedlings”), stõdas (“herd of animals”) (< “stand, stall”), Russian, Ukrainian ста́до (stádo, “herd of animals”), Czech stádo (“herd of animals”), Polish stado (“herd of animals”), Old Norse stód (“stall; herd of horses”), Old English stōd (“enclosure for horses”), Middle Low German stōt, stōd (“enclosure for horses”), Ancient Greek σταδμός (stadmós, “state; stand, stall; weight”), σταδιός (stadiós, “vertical, standing, immobile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stàːts]

Noun

stāds m (1st declension)

1. plant, plantlet, seedling (young, usually not large plant, which was grown from planted seeds, cuttings, etc. and, if need be, transferred to a permanent place)

   tomātu stāds ― tomato plant(let)

   kāpostu stāds ― cabbage plant(let)

   atnest no meža egļu stādu ― to bring a spruce seedling from the forest

   puķu stādus pa lielākai daļai izaudzē lecektīs agrā pavasarī un pēc tam izstāda puķu dobēs ― flowering plants for the most part are grown in frames in early spring and then planted into flower beds

   zemeņu jau te nav nevienam... es pati atvedu stādus; kad gadījās laba raža, pa druskai pārdevām citiem ― there aren't any strawberries here anymore... I myself have brought (strawberry) plants, bushes; when there is a good harvest, we will sell them to other people in small amounts

   kokaudzētava “Kreiči” apgādā adminsitratīvā rajona saimniecības ar augļu koku stādiem ― the tree nursery “Kreiči” provides the farms of this administrative district with fruit tree seedlings

Usage notes

Augs is the basic term for "plants." Stāds usually refers to plants that were actually planted (e.g., in a garden) by someone, not to wild plants.

Declension

Declension of stāds (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	stāds	stādi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	stādu	stādus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	stāda	stādu
dative (datīvs)	stādam	stādiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	stādu	stādiem
locative (lokatīvs)	stādā	stādos
vocative (vokatīvs)	stād	stādi

Synonyms

• augs
• dēsts

Related terms

• stādīt