plīts

Latvian

Plīts

Alternative forms

Etymology

A borrowing from Baltic German Pliete, itself a borrowing from Russian плита́ (plitá, stove). This word is related to Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, brick).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [plīːts]

Noun

plīts f (6th declension)

  1. stove, cooker (a heating device with burners for cooking food)
    malkas, gāzes, elektriskā plītswood-burning, gas, electric stove
    bāzt plītī malkuto put wood into the stove
    podiņu plītstiled stove
    karsta plītshot stove
    plīts kurtuvestove burner
    iekurināt plītito heat the stove

Declension

See also

References

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