piķis

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Latvian

Etymology

From Middle Low German pik or Middle Dutch pick (cf. German Pech) which, in turn, from Latin pix. From the latter (via Russian) also Latvian pekle (“hell”).[1]

Noun

piķis m (2nd declension)

  1. pitch
    piķa melna tumsa ― pitch black darkness
  2. (slang) money
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Declension

Declension of piķis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) piķis piķi
genitive (ģenitīvs) piķa piķu
dative (datīvs) piķim piķiem
accusative (akuzatīvs) piķi piķus
instrumental (instrumentālis) piķi piķiem
locative (lokatīvs) piķī piķos
vocative (vokatīvs) piķi piķi

References

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