tilts

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English

Noun

tilts

  1. plural of tilt

Verb

tilts

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tilt

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Alternative forms

Etymology

tilt +‎ -j (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

Verb

tilts

  1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of tilt

Latvian

Tilts (1)
Paceļamais tilts (1)
Tilts (2)
Tilts (3)
Tilts (6)

Etymology

Originally the past participle of an earlier verb *telt, parallel form *tilt, from Proto-Baltic *tel-, *til-, from Proto-Indo-European *tel-, *stel- (to spread, to spread out), whence also Latvian telpa (space, room). The original meaning was therefore “(that which is) spread out”, from which “(path, road) covered with intertwined, interlaced branches, logs” (a meaning still attested in folk songs) and then “bridge.” Cognates include Lithuanian tìltas; elsewhere, the stem *tel-, *stel- led to notions like “smooth base, floor, board:” Lithuanian dialectal tìlė (a boat's bottom plank), Old Prussian talus (floor), Proto-Slavic *tьlo (base, floor) (Old Church Slavonic тьло (tĭlo), Russian, Ukrainian тло (tlo), Czech tla (floor), Polish tło (base, background), Upper Sorbian tło (floor, base, bottom)), Old Irish talam (earth) (< *tlə-mo-), Proto-Germanic *þiliz (board, plank) (Old Norse þil, þili (plank wall), þilja (floor, plank), þel (base, floor), Old High German dil, dilo (plank wall, floor), dilla (board, floor, ship deck), German Diele (plank)), Sanskrit तलम् (talam, plain, flat surface; palm), Ancient Greek τήλιᾱ (tḗliā, game table, board), Albanian tullë (brick), Latin tellūs (earth) (< *telnos), Ossetian тӕрхӕг (tærxæg, bench).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

tilts m (1st declension)

  1. bridge (a structure built to go over an area that is deep or dangerous in some way)
    koka tiltswood bridge
    dzelzs tiltsiron bridge
    tērauda tiltssteel bridge
    akmens tiltsstone bridge
    loku tiltsarched, bow bridge
    siju, rāmju tiltsbeam bridge
    tilts pār upibridge over a river
    tilts pār dzelzceļubridge over the railway
    trosēs iekārts tiltsa bridge suspended on ropes
    paceļamais tiltsdrawbridge
    autoceļa, dzelzceļa tiltsroad, railway bridge
    gājēju tiltspedestrian bridge
    jauktas satiksmes tiltsmixed traffic bridge
    tilta balstsbridge pillar, support
    tilta laidumsbridge span
    gaisa tiltsair bridge
    izgriežamais tiltsrotating bridge
    plosta tiltsraft bridge
    uzgājuši Daugavas tiltā, viņi abi noskatījās uz Rīgu, kur torņu galos mirdzēja zelta gaiļihaving gone up the Daugava bridge, both of them looked at Rīga, where golden roosters were shining on the tops of the towers
  2. (nautical) bridge (elevated platform over the upper deck of a ship, from which activities can be seen and controlled by the captain)
    komandas tilts, komandtilts(command) bridge
    uz komandas tilta stāvēja Kondruss, pēc izskata vēl pavisam jauns cilvēkson the command bridge stood Kondruss, in appearance yet a quite young person (= man)
  3. (in vehicles) axle (part of the chassis which link the wheels of opposing sides)
    dzenošie tiltipowered axle
    pārnesumkārbas un pakaļējais tilts ievietoti vienā karterīthe gearbox and the rear axle (are) placed in a single crankcase
    Konrāds Rinkušs laida spēcīgo ūdens strūklu uz automobiļa tiltiem un rieteņiem, visur, kur vien saskatīja dubļu pikas un netīrumusKonrāds Rinkušs directed a strong water stream at the car axles and wheels, everywhere where he saw clumps of mud and dirt
  4. (electronics) bridge (element of an electric circuit, used to connect a measuring instrument)
    līdzsvarota tilta slēguma shēmu bieži lieto elektriskajos mērījumosa balanced bridge connection is often used in electric measurements
  5. (medicine) non-removable denture, supported by natural teeth
    izņemamas protēzes lietotājam sagādā zināmas neērtības, salīdzinot ar iestiprinātām zobu protēzēm, tā saucamiem tiltiemremovable prostheses (dentures) give (their) users some discomfort, in comparison with fixed prostheses (= dentures), the so-called bridges
  6. (sports, martial arts) bridge position, backbend (position of the body in which the raised back rests on the hands (or nape) and feet touching the floor)
    jau trešajā minūtē Hervigs bija tiltā un ar grūtībām izgriezāsas early as the third minute Hervigs was in a bridge and wrung itself out (of it) with difficulty

Declension

References

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