sēklis

• (dialectal forms) sēkle, seklis

Derived, with vowel lengthening, from *sekt, a parallel form of dialectal verb sikt, standard sīkt (“to decrease (water, river)”) (q.v.), whence also sekls (“shallow”) (q.v.). The additional l follows the pattern of verb degt (“to burn (intr.)”), noun deglis (“wick, burner, detonating fuse”), dialectal dēglis.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [sɛ̄ːklis], IPA^(key): [sɛ̀ːklis]

sēklis m (2nd declension)

1. shallow place, shallow, ford, sandbank, shoals (place in a body of water which is shallower than its surroundings)

   smilšu sēklis ― sandbank

   akmeņains sēklis ― rocky shoals

   koraļļu sēklis ― coral cay

   kontinenta sēklis ― continental shelf

   zvejot sēkļos ― to fish in a shallow

   uzbraukt sēklim, uz sēkļa ― to run aground (lit. on(to) a shallow)

   būt uz sēkļa ― to be in a difficult situation (lit. to be on a shallow, to be stranded, shipwrecked)

• sekls
• seklums, seklība