burts

 burts on Latvian Wikipedia

Originally the masculine past participle of the verb burt (“to conjure magic”) (q.v.). Just as burt originally meant “to carve (marks, on a tree),” burts was originally “mark(s) carved on a tree.” Cognates include Lithuanian bùrtas (“lot, (pl.) sorcery”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [būrts]

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burts m (1st declension)

1. letter (graphic symbol that represents a sound in a language)

   lielais burts ― uppercase, capital letter

   mazais burts ― lowercase letter

   rakstīts, drukāts burts ― (hand)written, printed letter

   latīņu, gotu, grieķu burti ― Latin, Gothic, Greek letters

2. (typography) type, font (typesetting printing unit; syn. burtstabiņš, litera)

   metāla, koka burti ― metal, wooden letters, types

   burtu garnitūras ― font suites

   burtu liešana ― type foundry

• burtnīca
• burtstabiņš

• Appendix:Latvian alphabet

burts (definite burtais)

1. indefinite past passive participle of burt