šķīvis

Latvian

Šķīvji

Alternative forms

• (obsolete forms) šķīva, šķīve

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German schive (“disk, round plate, dish”), or maybe from Middle Dutch schijf or an East Frisian word (compare Saterland Frisian Schieuwe, Skieuwe; also compare German Scheibe). The borrowing is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries (as šķīva), in competition with another borrowing, tallerķis, telerķis, telēķis (compare German Teller). In the 19th century, a form šķīve is mentioned, especially from Kurzeme, while telerķis was more frequent in Vidzeme. A. Kronvalds used both forms to translate German Teller (šķīvis (telēķis), in 1863). The form šķīvis became standard in the literary language by the end of the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃcīːvis]

Noun

šķīvis m (2nd declension)

1. dish, plate (round, rarely oval, usually flat bowl for serving food; its contents)

   māla, porcelāna, plastmasas šķīvji ― clay, porcelain, plastic dishes

   dziļais, seklais šķīvis ― deep, shallow plate

   zupas, maizes šķīvis ― soup, bread plate

   sienas šķīvis ― wall plate

   liet zupu šķīvī ― to pour soup on the plate

   notīrīt šķīvi ― to clean the plate (i.e., to eat all the food on the plate)

   izēst divus šķīvjus ― to eat two plates

2. (music, chiefly plural) cymbals, brass plates (percussion instrument consisting of two metal disks)

   es situ šķīvjus visos jaunatnes simfoniskā orķestra koncertos ― I play (lit. hit) the cymbals in all youth symphonic orchestra concerts

3. (chiefly in the plural) plates (machinery part, a curved metal plate)

   ecēšu šķīvji ― harrow plates

   siltummaiņa šķīvji ― heat exchanger plates

Declension

Declension of šķīvis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	šķīvis	šķīvji
accusative (akuzatīvs)	šķīvi	šķīvjus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	šķīvja	šķīvju
dative (datīvs)	šķīvim	šķīvjiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	šķīvi	šķīvjiem
locative (lokatīvs)	šķīvī	šķīvjos
vocative (vokatīvs)	šķīvi	šķīvji

Synonyms

• (obsolete terms) tallerķis, telerķis, telēķis