jumts

Latgalian

Noun

jumts m

  1. roof

Latvian
Jumts

Etymology

Originally the past participle of the verb jumt (“to cover a roof; to thatch”), from Proto-Baltic *jumt, from Proto-Indo-European *yew-, *yū- (“to bind, to tie”), with an extra m. Primitive houses were covered by tied, interwoven sticks on which rested a mud covering. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *jǫtъ (“roof”) (cf. Russian приют (prijút, “shelter, retreat”)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jùmts]
  • (file)

Noun

jumts m (1st declension)

  1. roof (structure that covers the top of a building; the covering that sits on it)
    skārda jumts ― tin roof
    šīfera jumts ― slate roof
    ruberoīda jumts ― bituminous felt roof
    kārniņu jumts ― tiled roof
    niedru jumts ― thatched roof
    slīps jumts ― sloping roof
    jumta skārds ― roofing sheets
    jumta pape ― roofing felt
    jumta naglas ― roofing nails
    jumta plakne ― the roof plane
    salabot jumtu ― to repair, fix the roof
    jumta istaba, jumtistaba ― penthouse (lit. roof room)
  2. roof (structure that covers the top of a vehicle and shelters it from the external weather)
    automobiļa jumts ― automobile, car roof
    trolejbusa jumts ― trolley roof
    vagona jumts ― (train) car roof

Declension
Declension of jumts (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) jumts jumti
accusative (akuzatīvs) jumtu jumtus
genitive (ģenitīvs) jumta jumtu
dative (datīvs) jumtam jumtiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) jumtu jumtiem
locative (lokatīvs) jumtā jumtos
vocative (vokatīvs) jumts jumti

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “jumts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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