klints

Latvian
Klints

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German klint (“rocky coast, slope, cliff”). The word entered Latvian in the 18th century from Baltic German dialects; prior to that, akmens “stone,” often in combination with other terms, was used instead.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [klīnts]
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Noun

klints f (6th declension)

  1. (large) rock, cliff (massif with steep edges; rocky cliff)
    stāvas klintis ― steep rocks, cliffs
    klinšu krauja ― rocky cliff
    klinšu alas ― rock caves
    rāpties pa klintīm ― to climb rocks
  2. (in the genitive, used as an adjective) rock (typical of, living in, a rocky area)
    klinšu ērglis ― imperial (lit. rock) eagle
    klinšu vāvere ― rock squirrel
    biezlapju dzimtas augi... daudzi no tiem ir klinšu augi ― plants of the Crassulaceae family... many of them are rock plants

Declension
Declension of klints (6th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) klints klintis
accusative (akuzatīvs) klinti klintis
genitive (ģenitīvs) klints klinšu
dative (datīvs) klintij klintīm
instrumental (instrumentālis) klinti klintīm
locative (lokatīvs) klintī klintīs
vocative (vokatīvs) klints klintis

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