klons

• (dialectal form) klonis

From the same stem as the verb klāt (“to cover”) (q.v.); note that the iterative form klāstīt has an archaic variant klostīt, whence klons with o. Cognates include Lithuanian klúonas (“barn; threshing floor”).

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klons m (1st declension)

1. barn floor, earthen floor, threshing floor (dense, smooth surface, typically consisting of compacted clay or earth; floor made of compacted clay, earth, cement, bricks)

   pagraba klons ― basement floor

   rijas klons ― barn floor

   virtuves, istabas klons ― kitchen, room floor

   gluds, bedrains klons ― smooth, bumpy floor

2. lower surface inside a bread oven

   klona maize ― floor bread (bread made on the lower surface of a bread oven)

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• (dialectal term) plāns

Borrowed from English clone.

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klons m (1st declension)

1. clone (a living organism that originated from a single vegetative cell of another organism)

   klonu izlase, selekcija ― clonal selection

klons

1. definite genitive singular of klo
2. indefinite genitive singular of klon