hantele

See also: hantelē

Latvian

Hantele

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ганте́ль (gantélʹ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

hantele f (5th declension)

1. dumbbell (a physical exercise tool consisting of two spherical or disk-shaped weights attached to a short bar, used to strengthen one's arm muscles)

   cilāt hanteles ― to lift dumbbells

   rīta rosme ar hantelēm ― morning activity (= exercise) with dumbbells

   hanteli izmanto vienu vai arī pārī ar citu hanteli (abām rokām reizē) ― a dumbbell can be used alone, or together with another dumbbell (both hands at once)

   neviens nav tik daudz vingrojis ar hantelēm kā viņš: citīgi, sistemātiski, pēc tabulām ― nobody has (ever) exercised so much with dumbbells as he (has): diligently, systematically, with tables

   Senajā Grieķijā vingrojumi ar hantelēm bija viens no fiziskās audzināšanas paņēmieniem ― in Ancient Greece, exercises with dumbbells were one of the techniques of physical education

Declension

Declension of hantele (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	hantele	hanteles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	hanteli	hanteles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	hanteles	hanteļu
dative (datīvs)	hantelei	hantelēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	hanteli	hantelēm
locative (lokatīvs)	hantelē	hantelēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	hantele	hanteles