stikls
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Stikls
Gothic
Romanization
stikls
- Romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic стькло (stĭklo) (compare Russian стекло́ (stekló)), itself a borrowing from Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃 (stikls, “beaker, chalice, goblet”).[1]
Noun
stikls m (1st declension)
- (only singular) glass (solid, transparent substance made by melting sand)
- caurspīdīgs, krāsains stikls ― transparent, colored glass
- ugunsdrošs stikls ― fire-resistant glass
- rūdītais stikls ― tempered glass
- stikla rūpniecība ― glass industry
- stikla pūtējs ― glassblower
- stikla šķiedra ― glass fiber
- stikla durvis ― glass door
- stikla trauki ― glassware
- glass (an object made of this material, or something similar)
- briļļu stikli ― spectacle glasses, lenses
- palielināmais stikls ― magnifying glass
- ielikt logam stiklu ― to put glass/panes on the window
Declension
Declension of stikls (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | stikls | stikli |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | stiklu | stiklus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | stikla | stiklu |
| dative (datīvs) | stiklam | stikliem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | stiklu | stikliem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | stiklā | stiklos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | stikl | stikli |
Synonyms
- (dated in the sense "material") glāze
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stikls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN