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zaglis

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From the same stem as zagt (“to steal”) (q.v.), with an extra l, and made into a masculine, 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).[1]

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Noun edit

zaglis m (2nd declension, feminine form: zagle)

  1. (male) thief (a man who carries out thefts)
    kabatas zaglis, kabatzaglis ― pickpocket (lit. pocket thief)
    sīks zaglis ― small thief
    rūdīts zaglis ― hardened thief
    zagļu žargons ― thieves' slang
    zagļu banda ― mob (lit. gang of thieves)
    ķert zagli ― to catch a thief
    dzīties pakaļ zagļiem ― to chase the thieves
    kādā citā vietā zagļi bija caur jumtu ietikuši stallī un izvedusi zirgus ― somewhere else thieves had entered into the stable through the roof and taken the horses away

Declension edit

Declension of zaglis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) zaglis zagļi
accusative (akuzatīvs) zagli zagļus
genitive (ģenitīvs) zagļa zagļu
dative (datīvs) zaglim zagļiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) zagli zagļiem
locative (lokatīvs) zaglī zagļos
vocative (vokatīvs) zagli zagļi

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References edit

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “zagt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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