piķis

See also: pikis and pīķis

Latvian

Etymology

From Middle Low German pik or Middle Dutch pick (cf. German Pech) which, in turn, from Latin pix. From the latter (via Russian) also Latvian pekle (“hell”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpicːis]

Noun

piķis m (2nd declension)

  1. pitch
    piķa melna tumsa ― pitch black darkness
  2. (slang) money

Declension

Declension of piķis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative piķis piķi
genitive piķa piķu
dative piķim piķiem
accusative piķi piķus
instrumental piķi piķiem
locative piķī piķos
vocative piķi piķi

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “piķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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