stabiņš

Latvian

Barometra stabiņš (2)

Etymology

From stabs (“pole, post”) +‎ -iņš (“dim.”).

Noun

stabiņš m (1st declension)

1. diminutive of stabs
2. column (part of a thermometer or barometer: a thin tube filled with a liquid substance, usually mercury)

   spirta, ūdens stabiņš ― alcohol, water column

   dzīvsudraba stabiņa milimetrs ― millimeter of mercury

   termometra stabiņš noslīdēja līdz divdesmit diviem gradiem zem nulles ― the thermometer (column) dropped till twenty-two degrees below zero

   dzīvsudraba stabiņš termometrā bija uzkāpis pāri četrdesmit grādiem ― the mercury (column) in the thermometer had gone up beyond the 40 degrees

3. column (a set of words, ciphers, etc. written one above the other)

   burtu stabiņš ― a column of letters

4. (crochet) a move in which the thread is pulled through two or more loops

Declension

Declension of stabiņš (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	stabiņš	stabiņi
genitive	stabiņa	stabiņu
dative	stabiņam	stabiņiem
accusative	stabiņu	stabiņus
instrumental	stabiņu	stabiņiem
locative	stabiņā	stabiņos
vocative	stabiņ	stabiņi