ķiploks

Borrowed from Middle Low German klüflōk (“garlic”) (cf. German Knoblauch, Dutch knoflook), with klüf- from Proto-Germanic *kliuban (“to split, to cut”) and -lōk “onion, leek” (cf. German Lauch, Dutch look, English leek), i.e., originally “split, segmented onion.” This loanword is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [cipluōks]

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ķiploks m (1st declension)

1. garlic (herbaceous plant, sp. Allium sativum, with pungent edible bulbs)

   ziemas ķiploki ― winter garlic

   savvaļas ķiploks ― wild garlic

   ķiploka sīpols ― garlic bulb (lit. garlic onion)

   tulpes, lilijas, virtuves sīpolus, ķiplokus un vēl citus augus apvieno liliju dzimtā ― tulips, lilies, kitchen onions, garlic and still other plants combine (to form) the lily family (Liliaceae)

   ķiploki izaug no 20 līdz 100 cm augsti ― garlic grows from 20 to 100 cm long

2. garlic (the bulbs of this plant, much used for cooking)

   ierīvēt gaļu ar ķiploku ― to rub meat with garlic

   gaļu griež šķēlēs, tās viegli izdauza, ierīvē ar pārgrieztu ķiploka daiviņu ― one cuts the meat into slices, beats those, and then rubs a chopped clove of garlic (on them)

   mitoloģijā ķiploki aizsargā arī no vampīriem ― in mythology, garlic protects also against vampires