See also: spide and spīdē

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From the same stem as spīdēt, made into a feminine 5th-declension noun (ending -e).

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spīde f (5th declension)

  1. gloss, luster, shine
    bet pāri ceļam, slēpjot durkļu spīdi, Rīgas pulka karavīri visi savās vietāsbut across the road, hiding the shine of the bayonets, the soldiers of the Riga regiment (are) all in their positions
  2. (of minerals) part of the name of certain minerals or ores consisting of metals combined generally with sulphur
    kobalta spīdecolbatite (lit. cobalt shine), CoAsS
    svina spīde (= galenīts)galenite (lit. lead shine), PbS

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