zīle

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See also: zile, Zile, zīlē, žile, and žíle

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-. Cognate with Lithuanian gilė.

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Noun

Zīles

zīle f (5th declension)

  1. acorn (fruit of the oak tree)
    lasīt zīles ― to pick acorns
    šogad ozoli zīļu pilni ― this year the oaks are full of acorns
  2. pearl-like glass bead (with a small hole) used to make adornments
    zīļu vainags ― bead wreath
    tērps nošūts ar dažādu krāsu zīlēm ― a dress adorned with beads of various colors
  3. tit (little passerine bird, gen. Parus; see zīlīte)

Usage notes

In the sense “little passerine bird, tit”, the diminutive form zīlīte is much more frequently used than the non-diminutive form zīle.

Declension

Declension of zīle (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) zīle zīles
accusative (akuzatīvs) zīli zīles
genitive (ģenitīvs) zīles zīļu
dative (datīvs) zīlei zīlēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) zīli zīlēm
locative (lokatīvs) zīlē zīlēs
vocative (vokatīvs) zīle zīles

Derived terms

See also

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