piķis

See also: pikis

Latvian

Etymology

From Middle Low German pik or Middle Dutch pick (cf. German Pech) which, in turn, from Latin pix. From the latter (via Russian) also Latvian pekle (“hell”).[1]

Noun

piķis m (2nd declension)

  1. pitch
    piķa melna tumsa ― pitch black darkness
  2. (slang) money

Declension
Declension of piķis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) piķis piķi
accusative (akuzatīvs) piķi piķus
genitive (ģenitīvs) piķa piķu
dative (datīvs) piķim piķiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) piķi piķiem
locative (lokatīvs) piķī piķos
vocative (vokatīvs) piķi piķi

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