dzīvsudrabs
Latvian
Etymology
From dzīvs (“alive”) + sudrabs (“silver”), apparently a calque of German Quecksilber.
Pronunciation
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Noun
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Hg | |
| Previous: zelts (Au) | |
| Next: tallijs (Tl) | |
dzīvsudrabs m (1st declension)
- mercury, quicksilver (liquid metallic chemical element, with atomic number 80.)
- dzīvsudraba raktuves ― mercury mines
- dzīvsudraba termometrs, barometrs ― mercury thermometer, barometer
- dzīvsudraba spuldze ― mercury lamp
- kustīgs kā dzīvsudrabs ― moving, alive like mercury
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dzīvsudrabs | — |
| genitive | dzīvsudraba | — |
| dative | dzīvsudrabam | — |
| accusative | dzīvsudrabu | — |
| instrumental | dzīvsudrabu | — |
| locative | dzīvsudrabā | — |
| vocative | dzīvsudrab | — |