žogs

Latvian

Dēļu žogs

Etymology

Apparently originally a dialectal (Curonian or Selonian) word of uncertain etymology. A possible connection with the verb žūt (“to dry”) has been suggested, so that žogs would have originally meant 'dry wood,' the kind used to make fences. Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal džúogas, žúogas (“fallen spruce; fence made of fallen knotty trees”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒùoɡs]

Noun

žogs m (1st declension)

1. fence (a barrier or enclosure surrounding and protecting a certain area or territory)

   zedeņu, dēļu, latiņu žogs ― wattle, plank, bar fence

   režģa, mūra žogs ― lattice, masonry fence

   stiepļu pinuma žogs ― wire mesh fence

   dzeloņsptieļu žogs ― barbed wire fence

   pīts žogs ― wicker fence

   rāpties pār žogu ― to climb over the fence

   vēctevs apjoza kalna kapsētu ar baltu bērza žogu ― grandfather surrounded the mountain cemetery with a white birch (wooden) fence

2. hedge (a fence made of living plants, bushes)

   eglīšu žogs ― spruce hedge

   ceļa pusē, aiz ceriņu un mežrožu žoga, plauka ābeles ― by the road, behind the lilac and rose hedge, apple trees flourished

Declension

Declension of žogs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	žogs	žogi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	žogu	žogus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	žoga	žogu
dative (datīvs)	žogam	žogiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	žogu	žogiem
locative (lokatīvs)	žogā	žogos
vocative (vokatīvs)	žog	žogi

Synonyms

• (of "fence"): sēta
• (of "hedge"): dzīvžogs

Derived terms

• dzīvžogs