šašliks

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Šašliks

Etymology

Probably via Russian (cf. шашлык (šašlyk)), ultimately borrowed from Turkic (cf. Crimean Tatar şışlıq, from şış (“spike, sharp stick”)).

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Noun

šašliks m (1st declension)

  1. shashlik (a type of skewered food cooked on an open fire, of Turkish origin)
    cūkgaļas šašliks ― pork shashlik
    šašliku mērce ― shashlik sauce
    iemarinētos gaļas gabalus uzsprauž uz metāla iesma... šašliku cep uz kvēlošām oglēm ― one drives a skewer through the marinated pieces of meat... the shashlik is cooked on burning coals

Declension

Declension of šašliks (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) šašliks šašliki
accusative (akuzatīvs) šašliku šašlikus
genitive (ģenitīvs) šašlika šašliku
dative (datīvs) šašlikam šašlikiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) šašliku šašlikiem
locative (lokatīvs) šašlikā šašlikos
vocative (vokatīvs) šašlik šašliki
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