<em>Māras</em> vārds latviešu valodas 16. un 17. gs. tekstos un tā atspoguļojums “Latviešu valodas vēsturiskajā vārdnīcā”: īpašvārdi un sugasvārdi
<p><strong>The Name </strong><strong><em>Māra </em>in the 16–17th century Latvian texts and in the „Historical Dictionary of Latvian”: Proper names and common nouns</strong></p><p><em>Marija</em> and its Latvianized form <em>Mār...
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| description | <p><strong>The Name </strong><strong><em>Māra </em>in the 16–17th century Latvian texts and in the „Historical Dictionary of Latvian”: Proper names and common nouns</strong></p><p><em>Marija</em> and its Latvianized form <em>Māra</em> (including the diminutive <em>Māriņa</em>) is one of the most frequently observed proper names in the 16–17th century Latvian texts. This article analyzes the forms of this name found in the “Corpus of Early Latvian Texts” (<em>Latviešu valodas seno tekstu korpuss</em>), which were later included in three separate entries in the „Historical Dictionary of Latvian” (<em>Latviešu valodas vēsturiskā vārdnīca</em>; henceforth LVVV): (1) <strong>Marija</strong>, <strong>Mārija</strong>, (2) <strong>Mara</strong>, <strong>Māra</strong>, <strong>Maŗa</strong>, <strong>Māŗa,</strong> and (3) <strong>Mariņa</strong>, <strong>Māriņa</strong>. Since most of the 16–17th century Latvian texts are of religious nature, these words are mostly used in a Christian context, and their meaning is ‘[Saint] Mary’. An interesting exception is an example from a 17th century dictionary – the popular name <em>Kāposta</em> <em>Māriņa</em> of a church holiday, and the example of a song from the manuscript of Christoph Fürecker’s dictionary, which allow to add the words ‘Māra’ and ‘Māriņa’ to the respective entries.</p><p>In Latvian, just like in many other languages, the name denoting Saint Mary is a rather widespread component of plant names – most probably because in the Catholic tradition the image of Saint Mary has long been associated with protection and healing. LVVV contains such entries as <strong>mārarutks</strong>, <strong>māŗarutka</strong> and <strong>mārapīne</strong>. However, these are not derived from a personal name, but from phonologically similar first components of German compound words. These hybrid words, partial German borrowings, at some points in the history of written Latvian were interpreted as related to <em>Mārja</em> / <em>Māŗa</em> / <em>Māra,</em> as a result of folk etymology, and used as collocations. In LVVV, these collocations do not have separate entries, but are included in the entry <strong>Mara</strong>, <strong>Māra</strong>, <strong>Maŗa</strong>, <strong>Māŗa</strong>. However, the 17th century compounds <em>mārarutks</em>, <em>māŗarutka</em> analyzed in this article are not really a case of folk etymology and are thus not related to a personal name, while the compound <em>mārapīne</em> with its variants has a more tenacious semantic link with the respective name. </p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7629c9be93d342758960a7dcb749518a2022-12-22T02:23:30ZdeuVilnius UniversityBaltistica0132-65032345-00452018-01-0152114916910.15388/baltistica.52.1.23162164<em>Māras</em> vārds latviešu valodas 16. un 17. gs. tekstos un tā atspoguļojums “Latviešu valodas vēsturiskajā vārdnīcā”: īpašvārdi un sugasvārdiRenāte Siliņa-PiņķeAnta Trumpa<p><strong>The Name </strong><strong><em>Māra </em>in the 16–17th century Latvian texts and in the „Historical Dictionary of Latvian”: Proper names and common nouns</strong></p><p><em>Marija</em> and its Latvianized form <em>Māra</em> (including the diminutive <em>Māriņa</em>) is one of the most frequently observed proper names in the 16–17th century Latvian texts. This article analyzes the forms of this name found in the “Corpus of Early Latvian Texts” (<em>Latviešu valodas seno tekstu korpuss</em>), which were later included in three separate entries in the „Historical Dictionary of Latvian” (<em>Latviešu valodas vēsturiskā vārdnīca</em>; henceforth LVVV): (1) <strong>Marija</strong>, <strong>Mārija</strong>, (2) <strong>Mara</strong>, <strong>Māra</strong>, <strong>Maŗa</strong>, <strong>Māŗa,</strong> and (3) <strong>Mariņa</strong>, <strong>Māriņa</strong>. Since most of the 16–17th century Latvian texts are of religious nature, these words are mostly used in a Christian context, and their meaning is ‘[Saint] Mary’. An interesting exception is an example from a 17th century dictionary – the popular name <em>Kāposta</em> <em>Māriņa</em> of a church holiday, and the example of a song from the manuscript of Christoph Fürecker’s dictionary, which allow to add the words ‘Māra’ and ‘Māriņa’ to the respective entries.</p><p>In Latvian, just like in many other languages, the name denoting Saint Mary is a rather widespread component of plant names – most probably because in the Catholic tradition the image of Saint Mary has long been associated with protection and healing. LVVV contains such entries as <strong>mārarutks</strong>, <strong>māŗarutka</strong> and <strong>mārapīne</strong>. However, these are not derived from a personal name, but from phonologically similar first components of German compound words. These hybrid words, partial German borrowings, at some points in the history of written Latvian were interpreted as related to <em>Mārja</em> / <em>Māŗa</em> / <em>Māra,</em> as a result of folk etymology, and used as collocations. In LVVV, these collocations do not have separate entries, but are included in the entry <strong>Mara</strong>, <strong>Māra</strong>, <strong>Maŗa</strong>, <strong>Māŗa</strong>. However, the 17th century compounds <em>mārarutks</em>, <em>māŗarutka</em> analyzed in this article are not really a case of folk etymology and are thus not related to a personal name, while the compound <em>mārapīne</em> with its variants has a more tenacious semantic link with the respective name. </p>http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2316Latvianold textshistorical lexicography16–17th centuryproper namescommon nounsoriginfolk etymology |
| spellingShingle | Renāte Siliņa-Piņķe Anta Trumpa <em>Māras</em> vārds latviešu valodas 16. un 17. gs. tekstos un tā atspoguļojums “Latviešu valodas vēsturiskajā vārdnīcā”: īpašvārdi un sugasvārdi Baltistica Latvian old texts historical lexicography 16–17th century proper names common nouns origin folk etymology |
| title | <em>Māras</em> vārds latviešu valodas 16. un 17. gs. tekstos un tā atspoguļojums “Latviešu valodas vēsturiskajā vārdnīcā”: īpašvārdi un sugasvārdi |
| title_full | <em>Māras</em> vārds latviešu valodas 16. un 17. gs. tekstos un tā atspoguļojums “Latviešu valodas vēsturiskajā vārdnīcā”: īpašvārdi un sugasvārdi |
| title_fullStr | <em>Māras</em> vārds latviešu valodas 16. un 17. gs. tekstos un tā atspoguļojums “Latviešu valodas vēsturiskajā vārdnīcā”: īpašvārdi un sugasvārdi |
| title_full_unstemmed | <em>Māras</em> vārds latviešu valodas 16. un 17. gs. tekstos un tā atspoguļojums “Latviešu valodas vēsturiskajā vārdnīcā”: īpašvārdi un sugasvārdi |
| title_short | <em>Māras</em> vārds latviešu valodas 16. un 17. gs. tekstos un tā atspoguļojums “Latviešu valodas vēsturiskajā vārdnīcā”: īpašvārdi un sugasvārdi |
| title_sort | em maras em vards latviesu valodas 16 un 17 gs tekstos un ta atspogulojums latviesu valodas vesturiskaja vardnica ipasvardi un sugasvardi |
| topic | Latvian old texts historical lexicography 16–17th century proper names common nouns origin folk etymology |
| url | http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2316 |
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