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sēklis

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See also: seklis

Latvian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived, with vowel lengthening, from *sekt, a parallel form of dialectal verb sikt, standard sīkt (to decrease (water, river)) (q.v.), whence also sekls (shallow) (q.v.). The additional l follows the pattern of verb degt (to burn (intr.)), noun deglis (wick, burner, detonating fuse), dialectal dēglis.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sēklis m (2nd declension)

  1. shallow place, shallow, ford, sandbank, shoals (place in a body of water which is shallower than its surroundings)
    smilšu sēklissandbank
    akmeņains sēklisrocky shoals
    koraļļu sēkliscoral cay
    kontinenta sēkliscontinental shelf
    zvejot sēkļosto fish in a shallow
    uzbraukt sēklim, uz sēkļato run aground (lit. on(to) a shallow)
    būt uz sēkļato be in a difficult situation (lit. to be on a shallow, to be stranded, shipwrecked)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sekls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN