sitams
Latvian
[edit]Participle
[edit]sitams (definite sitamais; adverb sitami)
- which can or should be hit, struck, beaten; indefinite present passive participle of sist
- (usually definite forms; of objects) used for hitting; with which one hits
- sitamais riņķis ― brass knuckles (lit. hitting ring)
- mušu sitamais ― fly swatter (lit. hitter)
- paņem kādu sitamo ― I took something to hit with
- nācējs rokā turēja kaut ko baltu un apaļu... “vai tas tikai nav kāds sitamais?” es nodomāju ― the one who returned was holding something white and round (in his hands)... “is this somethng for hitting?” I thought
- (usually definite forms, music) percussion, used as a percussion (instrument)
- sitamie instrumenti ― percussion (lit. hitting) instruments
- afrikāņu mūzika nav iedomājama bez sitamiem instrumentiem, īpaši tamtamiem ― African music is unimaginable without percussion (lit. hitting) instruments, especially the tamtams
- neliela mūziķu grupa (klavieres, ģitāra, sitamie) ― a small music band (keyboards, guitar, drums [lit. hitting (instruments)])
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of sitams
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sitams | sitami | sitama | sitamas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sitamu | sitamus | sitamu | sitamas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sitama | sitamu | sitamas | sitamu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | sitamam | sitamiem | sitamai | sitamām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sitamu | sitamiem | sitamu | sitamām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | sitamā | sitamos | sitamā | sitamās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||