tērauds
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Livonian tierōda (“steel”), a compound of tierā (“blade”) (from Proto-Finnic *terä) + rōda (“iron”) (from Proto-Finnic *rauta).
Noun
tērauds m (1st declension)
- steel (hard metal, an alloy of iron, carbon and sulfur)
- ciets kā tērauds ― hard as steel
- nerūsošs, nerūsošais tērauds ― stainless steel
- tērauda plāksne ― steel plate
- tērauda lējumi ― steel castings
- tērauda lietuve ― steel foundry
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tērauds | — |
| genitive | tērauda | — |
| dative | tēraudam | — |
| accusative | tēraudu | — |
| instrumental | tēraudu | — |
| locative | tēraudā | — |
| vocative | tēraud | — |