Latvian edit

Participle edit

sitams (definite sitamais; adverb sitami)

  1. which can or should be hit, struck, beaten; indefinite present passive participle of sist
  2. (usually definite forms; of objects) used for hitting; with which one hits
    sitamais riņķisbrass knuckles (lit. hitting ring)
    mušu sitamaisfly swatter (lit. hitter)
    paņem kādu sitamoI took something to hit with
    nācējs rokā turēja kaut ko baltu un apaļu... “vai tas tikai nav kāds sitamais?” es nodomājuthe one who returned was holding something white and round (in his hands)... “is this somethng for hitting?” I thought
  3. (usually definite forms, music) percussion, used as a percussion (instrument)
    sitamie instrumentipercussion (lit. hitting) instruments
    afrikāņu mūzika nav iedomājama bez sitamiem instrumentiem, īpaši tamtamiemAfrican music is unimaginable without percussion (lit. hitting) instruments, especially the tamtams
    neliela mūziķu grupa (klavieres, ģitāra, sitamie)a small music band (keyboards, guitar, drums [lit. hitting (instruments)])

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