sekls

Derived from *sekt, a parallel form of dialectal verb sikt, standard sīkt (“to decrease (water, river)”) (q.v.). The additional l follows the pattern of adjective tukls (“stout, chubby”), dialectal verb tukt (“become sickly fat (of chicken)”). Cognates include Lithuanian seklùs, dialectal sẽklas.^[1]

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sekls (definite seklais, comparative seklāks, superlative visseklākais, adverb sekli)

1. (of water, holes, etc.; also objects, containers) shallow (having little depth)

   sekla vieta ezerā ― shallow place in a lake

   sekla peļķe ― shallow puddle

   sekla upe ― shallow river

   sekls grāvis ― shallow ditch

   seklais šķīvis ― shallow plate

   sekla bļoda ― shallow bowl

   brūces izrādījās seklas ― the wounds turned out to be shallow

   seklā kūts ― shallow barn (without a manure storage space)

2. shallow (located, moving, penetrating not far from the surface of something)

   sekls urbums ― shallow (bore)hole, well, perforation

   koki ar seklu sakņu sistēma ― trees with a shallow root system

3. (of breath, breathing) shallow (involving relatively little air)

   elpošana kļūst sekla, ja ilgi strādā sēdot' ― breathing becomes shallow if one works sitting for a long time

4. shallow (having no deeper content or feeling, not addressing the essence, superficial)

   sekls spriedums ― shallow judgment

   seklas izpriecas, jūtas ― shallow pleasures, feelings

   sekla luga ― shallow (theater) play

• dziļš

• seklība
• seklums

• sēklis

• brasls