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zaglis

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From the same stem as zagt (“to steal”) (q.v.), with an extra l, and made into a masculine, 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zaglis m (2nd declension, feminine form: zagle)

  1. (male) thief (a man who carries out thefts)
    kabatas zaglis, kabatzaglis ― pickpocket (lit. pocket thief)
    sīks zaglis ― small thief
    rūdīts zaglis ― hardened thief
    zagļu žargons ― thieves' slang
    zagļu banda ― mob (lit. gang of thieves)
    ķert zagli ― to catch a thief
    dzīties pakaļ zagļiem ― to chase the thieves
    kādā citā vietā zagļi bija caur jumtu ietikuši stallī un izvedusi zirgus ― somewhere else thieves had entered into the stable through the roof and taken the horses away

Declension

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Declension of zaglis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative zaglis zagļi
genitive zagļa zagļu
dative zaglim zagļiem
accusative zagli zagļus
instrumental zagli zagļiem
locative zaglī zagļos
vocative zagli zagļi

Derived terms

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References

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