stikls
Gothic
Romanization
stikls
- romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic стькло (stĭklo) (compare Russian стекло́ (stekló)), itself a borrowing from Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃 (stikls, “beaker, chalice, goblet”).[1]
Noun
stikls m (1st declension)
- (only singular) glass (solid, transparent substance made by melting sand)
- caurspīdīgs, krāsains stikls ― transparent, colored glass
- ugunsdrošs stikls ― fire-resistant glass
- rūdītais stikls ― tempered glass
- stikla rūpniecība ― glass industry
- stikla pūtējs ― glassblower
- stikla šķiedra ― glass fiber
- stikla durvis ― glass door
- stikla trauki ― glassware
- glass (an object made of this material, or something similar)
- briļļu stikli ― spectacle glasses, lenses
- palielināmais stikls ― magnifying glass
- ielikt logam stiklu ― to put glass/panes on the window
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stikls | stikli |
| genitive | stikla | stiklu |
| dative | stiklam | stikliem |
| accusative | stiklu | stiklus |
| instrumental | stiklu | stikliem |
| locative | stiklā | stiklos |
| vocative | stikl | stikli |
Synonyms
- (dated in the sense "material") glāze
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stikls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN