celis
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
celis
- past of celi
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Baltic *kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel(H)- (“to turn, to rotate, to move”) (whence also kult, q.v.). The original meaning of this word was therefore “moving place,” “movable member, organ.” Cognates include Lithuanian kelỹs, kẽlis, dialectal kialis, Old Church Slavonic колѣно (kolěno), Russian колено (koleno), and less likely Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “organ”), κωλῆ (kōlê, “femoral bone”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
celis m (2nd declension)
- knee (the joint between thigh and shin and the area around it)
- stīvs celis ― stiff knee
- ceļa lūzums ― knee fracture
- sēdēt tēvam uz ceļiem ― to sit on father's knees (= lap)
- sniegs mežā bija dziļš, vai līdz ceļiem ― the snow in the forest was deep, up to the knees
- sieviete pastiepa zilās kleitas malu tālāk pāri ceļiem ― the woman stretched the hem of the blue dress beyond the knees
- meitene pieliec celi, kā skolā mācīts ― the girl bent (her) knee, as taught at school
Declension edit
Declension of celis (2nd declension)
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “celis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN