plecs

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plecs

plecs on Latvian Wikipedia

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plecs m (1st declension)

(anatomy) shoulder (the joining of arm and body)
pleca kauls, locītava ― shoulder bone, joint

vīrietis platiem, šauriem, taisniem pleciem ― a man of wide, narrow, straight shoulders

paraustīt, noraustīt plecus ― to shrug one's shoulders

uzlikt mugursomu uz pleciem ― to put a backpack on one's shoulders
part of a garment that covers the shoulder
jaka ar pagarinātiem pleciem ― a jacket with extended shoulders
one of the two halves of a lever, between the fulcrum and one of the forces
sviras labais, kreisais plecs ― a lever's right, left arm (lit. shoulder)

Declension of plecs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	plecs	pleci
accusative (akuzatīvs)	plecu	plecus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pleca	plecu
dative (datīvs)	plecam	pleciem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	plecu	pleciem
locative (lokatīvs)	plecā	plecos
vocative (vokatīvs)	plec	pleci