bikses

See also: biksēs

Latvian

Garās bikses

Īsās bikses

Sporta bikses

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German büxe, bükse, or from Old Frisian büxe, bükse; cf. German dialectal buxe, Swedish byxa, byxor, first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries. The original meaning was “goat leather pants” (cf. Middle Low German buck “male goat,” “buck”), later extended to all kinds of pants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biksɛs]

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Noun

bikses f (5th declension)

1. pants, trousers; shorts (outer garment that covers the lower body from the waist down, with two long or short legs)

   garās bikses ― (long) pants

   īsās bikses ― short pants, shorts

   sporta bikses ― shorts (lit. sports pants)

   slēpošanas bikses ― ski pants

   bikšu dibens ― pant bottom

   bikšu kabatas ― pant pockets

   zīda bikses ― silk pants

   pidžamas bikses ― pajama pants

   valkāt bikses ― to wear pants

   viņam mugurā bija sūnu zaļš krekls un pelēkas bikses ― he was wearing (lit. on his back there were) a moss green shirt and gray pants

Declension

Declension of bikses (5th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	—	bikses
genitive	—	bikšu
dative	—	biksēm
accusative	—	bikses
instrumental	—	biksēm
locative	—	biksēs
vocative	—	bikses