speķis
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German speck, or from Middle Dutch speck (cf. German Speck, Dutch spek), first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [spɛcis]
Noun
speķis m (2nd declension)
- bacon, lard (subcutaneous fat layer on a pig; slice of pork containing such fat)
- muguras, sānu, vēdera speķis ― back, side, belly bacon
- biezs, plāns speķis ― thick, thin bacon
- žāvēts, sālīts, sacepts speķis ― dried, salted, fried bacon
- uzcept speķa šķēli ― to fry a slice of bacon
- speķa pīrāgs, rausis ― bacon pie, cake
- viņam garšo vēršacs ar speķi, speķis var būt ar liesumu vai viens vienīgs treknums, vienalga ― he liked fried eggs with bacon, the bacon could be lean or very rich, no difference
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | speķis | speķi |
| genitive | speķa | speķu |
| dative | speķim | speķiem |
| accusative | speķi | speķus |
| instrumental | speķi | speķiem |
| locative | speķī | speķos |
| vocative | speķi | speķi |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “speķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN