zaglis
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Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as zagt (“to steal”) (q.v.), with an extra l, and made into a masculine, 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
zaglis m (2nd declension, feminine form: zagle)
- (male) thief (a man who carries out thefts)
- kabatas zaglis, kabatzaglis ― pickpocket (lit. pocket thief)
- sīks zaglis ― small thief
- rūdīts zaglis ― hardened thief
- zagļu žargons ― thieves' slang
- zagļu banda ― mob (lit. gang of thieves)
- ķert zagli ― to catch a thief
- dzīties pakaļ zagļiem ― to chase the thieves
- kādā citā vietā zagļi bija caur jumtu ietikuši stallī un izvedusi zirgus ― somewhere else thieves had entered into the stable through the roof and taken the horses away
Declension
Declension of zaglis (2nd declension)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “zagt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN