stabiņš
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Barometra stabiņš (2)
Latvian
Etymology
From stabs (“pole, post”) + -iņš (“dim.”).
Noun
stabiņš m (1st declension)
- diminutive of stabs
- column (part of a thermometer or barometer: a thin tube filled with a liquid substance, usually mercury)
- spirta, ūdens stabiņš ― alcohol, water column
- dzīvsudraba stabiņa milimetrs ― millimeter of mercury
- termometra stabiņš noslīdēja līdz divdesmit diviem gradiem zem nulles ― the thermometer (column) dropped till twenty-two degrees below zero
- dzīvsudraba stabiņš termometrā bija uzkāpis pāri četrdesmit grādiem ― the mercury (column) in the thermometer had gone up beyond the 40 degrees
- column (a set of words, ciphers, etc. written one above the other)
- burtu stabiņš ― a column of letters
- (crochet) a move in which the thread is pulled through two or more loops
Declension
Declension of stabiņš (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | stabiņš | stabiņi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | stabiņu | stabiņus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | stabiņa | stabiņu |
| dative (datīvs) | stabiņam | stabiņiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | stabiņu | stabiņiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | stabiņā | stabiņos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | stabiņ | stabiņi |