slaiks
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same stem as slieka (“earthworm”) (q.v.): Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“humid, mucous, sticky, slippery, smooth”). The semantic evolution was probably “sticky, slippery” > “smooth” > “thin” > “tall, slender”.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]slaiks (definite slaikais, comparative slaikāks, superlative visslaikākais, adverb slaiki)
- (of people, body parts) tall, slender, slim
- slaiks, gaišmatains puisis ― slender, fair-haired guy
- viņa bija skaista, slaika meita ar tumšbrūniem matiem ― she was a beautiful, slender girl with dark brown hair
- (of trees, their trunks) slender (with a tall, straight trunk without branches)
- slaikas priedes ― tall, slender pine trees
- kokiem slaiki stumbri ― the trees (have) tall, slender trunks
- (of plants) slender, straight (having straight stems)
- ceriņi, trausli un slaiki ― lilacs, delicate and slender
- (of objects) slender, slim (thin and relatively tall, high)
- slaiks tornis ― high, slender tower
- 'slaikas sveces ― tall, slender candles
- (of movements) broad
- iet ar slaiku soli ― to go with broad step(s)
- lidmašīna apmeta slaiku loku ― the airplane made a broad circle
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of slaiks
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | slaiks | slaiki | slaika | slaikas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | slaiku | slaikus | slaiku | slaikas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | slaika | slaiku | slaikas | slaiku | |||||
dative (datīvs) | slaikam | slaikiem | slaikai | slaikām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | slaiku | slaikiem | slaiku | slaikām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | slaikā | slaikos | slaikā | slaikās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “slaiks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN