zaglis

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as zagt (“to steal”) (q.v.), with an extra l, and made into a masculine, 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zaɡlis]

Noun

zaglis m (2nd declension, feminine form: zagle)

1. (male) thief (a man who carries out thefts)

   kabatas zaglis, kabatzaglis ― pickpocket (lit. pocket thief)

   sīks zaglis ― small thief

   rūdīts zaglis ― hardened thief

   zagļu žargons ― thieves' slang

   zagļu banda ― mob (lit. gang of thieves)

   ķert zagli ― to catch a thief

   dzīties pakaļ zagļiem ― to chase the thieves

   kādā citā vietā zagļi bija caur jumtu ietikuši stallī un izvedusi zirgus ― somewhere else thieves had entered into the stable through the roof and taken the horses away

Declension

Declension of zaglis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	zaglis	zagļi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	zagli	zagļus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	zagļa	zagļu
dative (datīvs)	zaglim	zagļiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	zagli	zagļiem
locative (lokatīvs)	zaglī	zagļos
vocative (vokatīvs)	zagli	zagļi

Derived terms

• zaglība
• zaglīgs, zaglīgums

Related terms

• zādzība
• zagšus
• zagt