kaplis

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Kaplis

Etymology

From the same stem as the verb kapāt (“to chop”) (q.v.): Proto-Baltic *kap- +‎ -lis, from the o grade *kop- of Proto-Indo-European *kep-, *skep- “to cut, to slice (with an instrument).”

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

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Noun

kaplis m (2nd declension)

  1. hoe (a gardening tool consisting of a handle and a sharp piece of metal, used for softening the soil or destroying weeds)
    garkāta kaplis ― long-handled hoe
    īskāta kaplis ― short-handled hoe (= spud)
    divpusējais kaplis ― two-sided hoe (= mattock, pickax)
    ar kapli iespējams vislabāk iznīcināt nezāles ― with a hoe it is possible to destroy weeds best of all

Declension

Declension of kaplis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) kaplis kapļi
accusative (akuzatīvs) kapli kapļus
genitive (ģenitīvs) kapļa kapļu
dative (datīvs) kaplim kapļiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) kapli kapļiem
locative (lokatīvs) kaplī kapļos
vocative (vokatīvs) kapli kapļi

Related terms

References

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