Meaning of pasaka | Babel Free

Definitions

1. legend, folktale, fairy tale (folkloric narrative, typically including fantastic or magic elements; the corresponding folkloric genre)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of pasaka
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. uncommonly beautiful, pleasant, good
   declension-4, feminine, figuratively
4. nonsense, fantasy, exaggerations, rumors
   declension-4, feminine, plural-normally

Equivalents

Examples

“vākt, publicēt tautas pasakas”

to collect, to publish folk tales

“latviešu tautas pasakas”

Latvian folktales

“pasaku teicējs, stastītājs”

storyteller

“pasaku grāmata”

book of folktales

“stastīt bērniem pasakas”

to tell fairy tales to the children

“dzīvnieku pasakas”

animal tales

“K. Skalbes pasakas”

K. Skalbe's fairy tales

“kā pasakā”

as in a fairy tale (i.e., very good, very beautiful)

“tā nebija platmale, bet pasaka!”

that was not a hat, but a fairy tale!

“visiem tas šķita pasaka, nevis kuģis”

to all it seemed more like a fairy tale than a ship

“nestāsti nu pasakas!”

don't you tell fairy tales!

“tās ir tīrās pasakas”

this is pure fantasy

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