klints

Borrowed from Middle Low German klint (“rocky coast, slope, cliff”). The word entered Latvian in the 18th century from Baltic German dialects; prior to that, akmens “stone,” often in combination with other terms, was used instead.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [klīnts]

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klints f (6th declension)

1. (large) rock, cliff (massif with steep edges; rocky cliff)

   stāvas klintis ― steep rocks, cliffs

   klinšu krauja ― rocky cliff

   klinšu alas ― rock caves

   rāpties pa klintīm ― to climb rocks

2. (in the genitive, used as an adjective) rock (typical of, living in, a rocky area)

   klinšu ērglis ― imperial (lit. rock) eagle

   klinšu vāvere ― rock squirrel

   biezlapju dzimtas augi... daudzi no tiem ir klinšu augi ― plants of the Crassulaceae family... many of them are rock plants

• (of "rock"): akmens, ieži
• (of "cliff"): krauja

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