cepure

See also cepurē

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Cepures

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kepur-, from a derived stem *kep-r̥-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“cover”). Cognates include Lithuanian kepùre, Proto-Slavic *čepьcь (Russian чепец (čepéc, “cap”), Belarusian чапец (čapéc, “cap”), Czech čepec (“cap”), čepice (“hat”), Polish czepek (“cap”)), Ancient Greek σκέπη (sképē, “cover, shade, protection”).

Noun

cepure f, 5th declension

1. hat (clothing accessory meant to cover the head)

   salmu cepure — straw hat

   ziemas cepure — winter hat

   pacelt, noņemt, uzlikt cepuri — to remove one's hat

   bruņu cepure, bruņucepure — helmet (lit. armored hat)

Declension

declension of cepure

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	cepure	cepures
accusative (akuzatīvs)	cepuri	cepures
genitive (ģenitīvs)	cepures	cepuru
dative (datīvs)	cepurei	cepurēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	cepuri	cepurēm
locative (lokatīvs)	cepurē	cepurēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	cepure	cepures

Derived terms

• bruņucepure, bruņu cepure

References