sekls
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from *sekt, a parallel form of dialectal verb sikt, standard sīkt (“to decrease (water, river)”) (q.v.). The additional l follows the pattern of adjective tukls (“stout, chubby”), dialectal verb tukt (“become sickly fat (of chicken)”). Cognates include Lithuanian seklùs, dialectal sẽklas.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sekls (definite seklais, comparative seklāks, superlative visseklākais, adverb sekli)
- (of water, holes, etc.; also objects, containers) shallow (having little depth)
- sekla vieta ezerā ― shallow place in a lake
- sekla peļķe ― shallow puddle
- sekla upe ― shallow river
- sekls grāvis ― shallow ditch
- seklais šķīvis ― shallow plate
- sekla bļoda ― shallow bowl
- brūces izrādījās seklas ― the wounds turned out to be shallow
- seklā kūts ― shallow barn (without a manure storage space)
- shallow (located, moving, penetrating not far from the surface of something)
- sekls urbums ― shallow (bore)hole, well, perforation
- koki ar seklu sakņu sistēma ― trees with a shallow root system
- (of breath, breathing) shallow (involving relatively little air)
- elpošana kļūst sekla, ja ilgi strādā sēdot' ― breathing becomes shallow if one works sitting for a long time
- shallow (having no deeper content or feeling, not addressing the essence, superficial)
- sekls spriedums ― shallow judgment
- seklas izpriecas, jūtas ― shallow pleasures, feelings
- sekla luga ― shallow (theater) play
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of sekls
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sekls | sekli | sekla | seklas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | seklu | seklus | seklu | seklas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sekla | seklu | seklas | seklu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | seklam | sekliem | seklai | seklām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | seklu | sekliem | seklu | seklām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | seklā | seklos | seklā | seklās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sekls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN