ķēde

See also: kede, kėdė, and ķēdē

Latvian

Ķēde (1)

Sudraba ķēdes (2)

Kāju ķēde (3)

Alternative forms

• (archaic, dialectal term) šķēde

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German kede, or from Middle Dutch cede (cf. German Kette), themselves borrowings from Latin catena, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European stem *kat- (“to weave, to braid”). This is an old borrowing, already mentioned in 17th-century sources, sometimes with a prothetic š (šķēde). The current form, without š, officially entered the standard language in the early 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cɛ̄ːdɛ]

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Noun

ķēde f (5th declension)

1. chain (sequence of interconnected, usually metal, rings or links)

   velosipēda ķēde ― bicycle chain

   pulksteņa ķēde ― clock chain

   enkura ķēde ― anchor chain

   ķēdes posms, loceklis ― chain link

   ķēžu dūriens ― chain stitch

   piesiet zirgu ķēdē ― to tie a horse with a chain (= tether)

2. chain (a chain (1) made of precious metal, to be worn as an ornament)

   ķēde ar piekariņiem ― chain with pendants

   sudraba ķēde ― silver chain

3. chain, fetters (to restrain prisoners)

   kāju ķēde ― foot chain, fetters

4. row, line of people at a certain distance from each other

   uzbrucēju ķēde ― chain of attackers

   izvērsties ķēdē ― to unfold (people) in a chain

5. a series of elements following each other

   apsnigušu virsotņu ķēde ― a chain of snowy peaks

   elektriskā ķēde ― electric circuit (lit. chain)

6. a sequence of events or facts

   notikumu ķēde ― chain of events

   ķēdes reakcija ― chain reaction

Declension

Declension of ķēde (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ķēde	ķēdes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ķēdi	ķēdes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ķēdes	ķēžu
dative (datīvs)	ķēdei	ķēdēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ķēdi	ķēdēm
locative (lokatīvs)	ķēdē	ķēdēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	ķēde	ķēdes