speķis

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Latvian

Speķis

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German speck, or from Middle Dutch speck (cf. German Speck, Dutch spek), first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.

Pronunciation

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Noun

speķis m (2nd declension)

  1. bacon, lard (subcutaneous fat layer on a pig; slice of pork containing such fat)
    muguras, sānu, vēdera speķis ― back, side, belly bacon
    biezs, plāns speķis ― thick, thin bacon
    žāvēts, sālīts, sacepts speķis ― dried, salted, fried bacon
    uzcept speķa šķēli ― to fry a slice of bacon
    speķa pīrāgs, rausis ― bacon pie, cake
    viņam garšo vēršacs ar speķi, speķis var būt ar liesumu vai viens vienīgs treknums, vienalga ― he liked fried eggs with bacon, the bacon could be lean or very rich, no difference

Declension

Declension of speķis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) speķis speķi
accusative (akuzatīvs) speķi speķus
genitive (ģenitīvs) speķa speķu
dative (datīvs) speķim speķiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) speķi speķiem
locative (lokatīvs) speķī speķos
vocative (vokatīvs) speķi speķi

References

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