sēklis
See also: seklis
Latvian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editDerived, with vowel lengthening, from *sekt, a parallel form of dialectal verb sikt, standard sīkt (“to decrease (water, river)”) (q.v.), whence also sekls (“shallow”) (q.v.). The additional l follows the pattern of verb degt (“to burn (intr.)”), noun deglis (“wick, burner, detonating fuse”), dialectal dēglis.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsēklis m (2nd declension)
- shallow place, shallow, ford, sandbank, shoals (place in a body of water which is shallower than its surroundings)
- smilšu sēklis ― sandbank
- akmeņains sēklis ― rocky shoals
- koraļļu sēklis ― coral cay
- kontinenta sēklis ― continental shelf
- zvejot sēkļos ― to fish in a shallow
- uzbraukt sēklim, uz sēkļa ― to run aground (lit. on(to) a shallow)
- būt uz sēkļa ― to be in a difficult situation (lit. to be on a shallow, to be stranded, shipwrecked)
Declension
editDeclension of sēklis (2nd declension)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sekls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN