zeķe

See also: zeke, Zeke, and zeķē

Latvian

Zeķes

Etymology

Borrowed from German Socke (Baltic German söcke), from Middle Low German socke (“short socks”), from Latin soccus (“low shoe”), itself a probable borrowing from some Near East language. The first mention of this word is in a 17th-century dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zece]

Noun

zeķe f (5th declension)

1. sock (garment that covers the foot)

   pusgarās zeķes ― long socks, stockings

   īsās zeķes ― short socks

   kaprona, neilona zeķes ― nylon stockings

   kokvilnas zeķes ― cotton socks

   vilnas zeķes ― wool socks

   siltas zeķes ― warm socks

   valkāt zeķes ― to wear socks

   adīt zeķes ― to knit socks

   lāpīt zeķes ― to mend socks

Declension

Declension of zeķe (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	zeķe	zeķes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	zeķi	zeķes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	zeķes	zeķu
dative (datīvs)	zeķei	zeķēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	zeķi	zeķēm
locative (lokatīvs)	zeķē	zeķēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	zeķe	zeķes