stings
English
editNoun
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Verb
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- third-person singular simple present indicative of sting
Latvian
editEtymology
editA parallel form to stingrs (“firm, strong, strict”), but without the r, both from the same stem as the verb stingt (“to harden, to stiffen”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editstings (definite stingais, comparative stingāks, superlative visstingākais, adverb stingi)
- hard, firm, stiff, rigid (characterized by hardness, also viscosity, usually at low temperatures or when some components evaporate)
- stings galerts ― hard meat jelly
- stinga massa ― hard, rigid mass
- stingrs krēms ― rigid, thick cream
- apkārt viss sasalis, stings un kluss ― all around everything (was) frozen, hard and quiet
- (of people's or animals' bodies, their parts) hard, stiff, numb (having lost its usual strength or mobility because of low temperatures)
- stingi locekļi ― stiff, numb limbs
- salā stingiem pirkstiem brauc Džeks Londons suņu pajūga ― in the frost, Džeks Londons (Jack London) went with (his) numb fingers in a dog-pulled sled
- (of plants, occasionally animals) stiff, hard, frozen (where life processes were interrupted or limited, usually in cold, frosty weather)
- stingi zari ― stiff, frozen branches
- stings kukainis ― stiff, frozen insect
- (of corpses) rigid, stiff
- stings mirušā ķermenis ― stiff, rigid dead body
- grūti paskatīties mātes stingajā sejā ― it (was) difficult to look at (his) (dead) mother's rigid, stiff face
- (of places, environments, situations) rigid, stiff (without life, movement, sounds)
- naktī mēness gaismā viss kļuva stings, nedzīvs, it kā ar nāves elpu apdvests ― at night, in the moonlight, everything became rigid, lifeless, as if blown by the breath of death
- (of body parts, also facial expressions, looks) rigid, stiff (characterized by unchanging, fixed muscle positions)
- stingi sejas vaibsti ― rigid facial features
- stinga poza ― rigid posture
- stings skatiens ― rigid look, stare
- viņas acīs un stingajā sejas izteiksmē gulēja nešaubīgs visa sapratējas un zinātājas zīmogs ― in her eyes and rigid facial expression lay the unmistakable stamp of the all-knower (= one who thinks s/he knows everything)
- (physics) rigid (capable of resisting deformation)
- stings materiāls ― rigid mateiral
- stings fizikālais ķermenis ― rigid physical body
- (technology) rigid (built in such a way that its elements cannot displace each other)
- stings režģis ― rigid grid, lattice
- stinga stieņu konstrukcija ― rigid tubular structure
Declension
editindefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of stings
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | stings | stingi | stinga | stingas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | stingu | stingus | stingu | stingas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | stinga | stingu | stingas | stingu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | stingam | stingiem | stingai | stingām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | stingu | stingiem | stingu | stingām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | stingā | stingos | stingā | stingās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Synonyms
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editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stingt, stingrs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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