sarkans

• (dialectal form) sarks

Derived from a dialectal adjective sarks (“red, pink”), from Proto-Baltic *sark- (whence also sarkt (“to blush”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-, *sar- (“red, pink”), with an extra -k. In the dialects that have the simple adjective sarks, sarkans has the meaning “reddish.” Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal sárkanas (“bright, clear, light; pink”), Proto-Scythian *suxrí (“bright”), Persian سرخ (sorx, “red”), Northern Kurdish sor (“red”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [sâɾkans]

sarkans (definite sarkanais, comparative sarkanāks, superlative vissarkanākais, adverb sarkani)

1. red (having the color of, e.g., blood)

   tumši, gaiši, koši sarkans ― dark, light, bright red

   ugunīgi sarkans ― fiery red

   sarkani ziedi, rozes ― red flowers, roses

   sarkana gaisma, blāzma ― red light, glow

   sarkana signāluguns ― red beacon

   sarkans karogs ― red flag

   sarkans kā biete, kā asins ― red as beet, as blood

   sarkanie asinsķermenīši ― red blood cells

   Sarkanais Krusts ― the Red Cross

2. red, brownish red (having a tone or hue similar to red when compared to other related elements)

   sarkani mati ― red hair

   sarkana govs ― red cow

   sarkanie galviņkāposti ― red cabbage

   sarkanie ķieģeļi ― red bricks

   sarkanais kaviārs ― red caviar

3. red (relating to communism; more specifically, realting to the former Soviet Red Army)

   Sarkanā Armija ― the Red Army

   sarkanā gvarde ― the red guard (1917 workers' division)

   latviešu sarkanie strēlnieki ― Latvian red riflemen (those who fought for the Bolsheviks)

   sarkanais karogs ― the red flag

• iesarkans, sarkanīgs, sarkanīgums
• sarkanbrūns
• sarkanums
• sarkanā mušmire
• pasarkans

• sarķis
• sarkt, sarkums
• sārts