# karsts
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sts

### Noun

karsts
* plural of karst

### Anagrams

* Starks, Trasks, skarts, starks

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaʁst/

### Noun

karsts m
* plural of karst

## Icelandic
### Noun

karsts
* indefinite genitive singular of karst

## Latvian
### Etymology

From the (intransitive) verb karst (“to heat up, to grow hot”) (q.v.), of which it is the past participle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”), from which also Lithuanian kárštas (“hot”), Latin carbo (“coal”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹 (hauri, “coal”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kâɾsts]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

karsts (definite karstais, comparative karstāks, superlative viskarstākais, adverb karsti)
* hot (having relatively high temperature)
    karsts ūdens, ēdiens ― hot water, food
    karsts gludeklis ― hot iron (for ironing)
    karsta plīts ― hot stove
    karstas smiltis ― hot sand
    karsti garaiņi ― hot vapors
    karsts vējš ― hot wind
    karstie avoti ― hot springs
* hot (which irradiates a lot of heat)
    karsta saule, uguns ― hot sun, fire
* (time) hot (having relatively high air temperature)
    karsts pusdiena laiks ― hot lunch time, noon
    karsts jūlijs ― hot July
    karsts klimats ― hot climate
* (place) hot (where the temperature is (typically) relatively high)
    karsta pirts, istaba ― hot bath, room
    karsts rūpnīcas cehs ― hot factory (work)shop
    vilciena vagonā kļūst karsts ― in the train car it gets hot
* hot (relating to high body temperature and the feelings it causes)
    man ir karsti ― I am, feel hot
    karstas tirpas ― hot tingling
    piepeši karsts vilnis iesitās galvā ― suddenly a hot wave sank into (his) head
* hot (which is done by heating or takes place at high temperatures)
    karstā metināšana ― hot welding
* (of people, their actions) hot, hot-headed (having very strong, impatient character, temperament; temperamental, passionate; expressing such a character)
    viņš ir tik karsts un nikns ― he is so hot and furious
    karsts rokas spiediens ― hot (= strong, emotional) handshake
    karsts skātiens ― hot look
    karsti skūpstīt ― to kiss hotly (= passionately)
    karsts gan esi, Vīranauda... bet jauniem ļaudīm tādiem vajag būt ― hot, passionate you are, Vīranauda... but young people should be like that
* (of feelings, actions) hot, ardent, fervent, passionate
    karsta mīlestība ― hot (= passionate) love
    karsta vēlēšanās ― ardent, ardent desire
    karstas dusmas ― hot anger
    karsti strīdi ― hot, heated dispute
* (of places, times) hot, busy (where or when something happens intensively, e.g. war)
    karsta vieta ― hot place, hot spot
    darbs kļuva aizvien karstāks ― the work became increasingly hotter (= more intensive)
    viskarstākais ražas novākšanas laiks ― the hottest (= busiest) time of the harvest

#### Synonyms

* silts

#### Antonyms

* auksts
* vēss

#### Derived terms

* karstums

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. →ISBN.
* Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN