gurķis

Latvian

Gurķis (1)

Gurķis (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German augurke (cf. German Gurke); the Germanic term is itself a borrowing from Polish ogórek, originally from Greek άγουρος (ágouros) “unripe, immature”) which replaced an earlier term krievāboli.

First attested in 17th-century dictionaries as augurķis, later agurķe, agurķis, also (already in the 17th century) gurķis, it became gurķis, gurķe in 18th-century literature. In the mid-19th century, only the form gurķis remained.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡûɾcis]

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Noun

gurķis m (2nd declension)

1. cucumber (plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, species Cucumis sativus, often cultivated in gardens for its edible vegetable fruit)

   gurķu dobe ― cucumber bed

   gurķa ziedi ― cucumber flowers

   gurķu sēklas ― cucumber seeds

   gurķu šķirnes ― cucumber varieties

   sēt gurķus ― to sow cucumbers

   laistīt gurķus ― to water the cucumbers

   audzēt gurķus siltumnīcā ― to grow cucumbers in a greenhouse

2. cucumber (the edible vegetable fruit of this plant)

   skābēts gurķis ― pickled cucumber

   sālīts gurķis ― salted cucumber

   marinēts gurķis ― marinated cucumber

   gurķu salāti ― cucumber salad

   jūnija beigās pilsētas darbaļaudis varēs iepirkt kāpostus, tomātus, gurķus un citus dārzeņus ― at the end of June, the city workers will be able to buy cabbages, tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables

Declension

Declension of gurķis (2nd declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	gurķis	gurķi
genitive	gurķa	gurķu
dative	gurķim	gurķiem
accusative	gurķi	gurķus
instrumental	gurķi	gurķiem
locative	gurķī	gurķos
vocative	gurķi	gurķi