dancis

Verb

dancis

1. past of danci

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dāntsis]

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Noun

dancis m (2nd declension)

1. (dated sense) dance (the act of dancing; the art of dancing; a style of dancing)

   ej un lūdz uz danci veco Kaču ― go and invite the old Kaču to the dance

   pēc dāmu polkas bija garāka pauze... pagāja vēl vairāk danču, un Ilze mežsarga nepamanīja ― after the ladies' polka there was a longer pause... there were more dances going on, and Ilze did not notice the forester

2. (ethnography) Latvian traditional, folkloric dances

   garais dancis ― the leap (lit. long) dance

   dejot krusta danci ― to dance the cross dance

   es šajā dancī tik un tā nepiedalīšos ― I will not participate like that in this (traditional) dance