zeķe
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Socke (Baltic German söcke), from Middle Low German socke (“short socks”), from Latin soccus (“low shoe”), itself a probable borrowing from some Near East language. The first mention of this word is in a 17th-century dictionary.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɛcːɛ]
Noun
zeķe f (5th declension)
- sock (garment that covers the foot)
- pusgarās zeķes ― long socks, stockings
- īsās zeķes ― short socks
- kaprona, neilona zeķes ― nylon stockings
- kokvilnas zeķes ― cotton socks
- vilnas zeķes ― wool socks
- siltas zeķes ― warm socks
- valkāt zeķes ― to wear socks
- adīt zeķes ― to knit socks
- lāpīt zeķes ― to mend socks
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zeķe | zeķes |
| genitive | zeķes | zeķu |
| dative | zeķei | zeķēm |
| accusative | zeķi | zeķes |
| instrumental | zeķi | zeķēm |
| locative | zeķē | zeķēs |
| vocative | zeķe | zeķes |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “zeķe”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN