vads
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Noun edit
vads n
Latvian edit
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Etymology edit
From the same stem as the verbs vadīt, vest (“to drive, to lead”) (q.v.). The original meaning was thus “leader, one who leads”; the technical meaning of “duct, pipe, vessel” arose in the 1920s, under the influence of Russian про́вод (próvod), German Leitung. Cognates include Lithuanian vãdas (“leader, commander”), Slavic -voda in compounds such as Russian historical воево́да (vojevóda, “war leader”), Czech vévoda (“duke”), Polish wojewoda (“ruler of a region, district”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
vads m (1st declension)
- pipe, tube, duct, chute (a cylindrical structure for transporting fluids)
- tvaika vads ― steam pipe
- ūdensvads ― aqueduct
- atkritumu vads ― garbage chute
- centrālapkures vads ― central heating pipe
- degvielas, eļļas, gāzes vads ― fuel, oil, gas pipeline
- (anatomy) tube- or pipe-like organ in the body
- asinsvads ― blood vessel
- barības vads ― oesophagus (lit. feeding tube)
- cable, wire used for electrical power transmission
- augstsprieguma vads ― high tension cable
- izolēts vads ― insulated wire
- elektrības, telefona vads ― electrical, telephone wire
- izvilkt vadu cauri istabai ― to pull a wire through a room
- dragnet, seine
- zvejot ar vadu ― to fish with a dragnet
- vilkt vadu ― to pull a dragnet
- (military) platoon (the lowest military tactical sub-unit)
- kājnieku vads ― infantry platoon
- vada komandieris ― platoon commander
Declension edit
Declension of vads (1st declension)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vads”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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