spilgts

Latvian

Etymology

Originally the past participle of an old (still dialectally attested) verb spilgt (“to shine”), from Proto-Baltic *spelg-, *spilg-, *spulg- (whence also spulgs), from Proto-Indo-European *pel-, *spel-, *spʰel- (“to shine”) with an extra g. Cognates include Low German flink (“bright, shining; fast”) (cf. German flink (“quick, nimble”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [spīlkts]

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Adjective

spilgts (definite spilgtais, comparative spilgtāks, superlative visspilgtākais, adverb spilgti)

(of light, light sources) bright (very strong; which emits strong light)
spilgta gaisma ― bright light

spilgta uguns, liesma ― bright fire, flame

spilgts zibens ― bright lightning

spilgta saule ― bright sun

lielās dzīvsudraba spuldzes ir tik spilgtas, ka kož acīs ― the big mercury lamps are so bright that they hurt (lit. bite in) the eyes
(of colors) bright, vivid
spilgts krāsas tonis ― bright color shade

spilgti sarkans ― bright red
(of other objects) bright, shiny (which reflects light strongly)
spilgts audums ― bright, shiny fabric

puisis apstājas pie apaļās cīniju dobes un vēro spilgtos ziedus ― the young man stopped by the round zinnia beds and watched the bright, shiny flowers

varde tupēja man uz plaukstas: mikla, vēsa un tik neparasti spilgta, it kā glumo ādu būtu apgleznojusi ekspresionista ota ― the frog sat on the palm of my hand: soft, cool and unusually bright, shiny, as if its smooth, slippery skin had been painted with an expressionist brush
(figuratively) clear, striking, powerful, remarkable (mentally, emotionally very impressive)
spilgts piemērs ― a striking example

spilgti pretstati ― striking contrasts

spilgts talants ― striking, impressive talent

spilgta izrādes epizode ― striking, impressive show episode

spilgts romāna tēls ― powerful, striking literary (lit. novel) character

Alfrēds Kalniņš ir viena no visspilgtākajām, savdabīgākajām personībām latviešu mūzikas vēsturē ― Alfrēds Kalniņš is one of the brightest, most striking personalities in Latvian musical history

cilvēku parasti pazudina viņa visspilgtākā rakstura īpašība, kas ar laiku kļūst par vājību ― a person is usually ruined by his most striking character trait, which with time becomes (his/her) weakness
(dated sense, of sounds; now usually spalgs) very loud, strong
bet vējš tik skaļiem smiekliem pasmejas... līdz smejas kaivas spilgtiem kliedzieniem ― but the wind laughs with such loud laughs... (and) with the laughs (also) a seagull's sharp, loud squawks

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of spilgts

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)		feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	spilgts	spilgti	spilgta	spilgtas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	spilgtu	spilgtus	spilgtu	spilgtas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	spilgta	spilgtu	spilgtas	spilgtu
dative (datīvs)	spilgtam	spilgtiem	spilgtai	spilgtām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	spilgtu	spilgtiem	spilgtu	spilgtām
locative (lokatīvs)	spilgtā	spilgtos	spilgtā	spilgtās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—	—	—

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

spilgtums

Related terms

References

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “spilgts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “spilgts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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