spīde

See also: spide and spīdē

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as spīdēt, made into a feminine 5th-declension noun (ending -e).

Pronunciation

Noun

spīde f (5th declension)

  1. gloss, luster, shine
    bet pāri ceļam, slēpjot durkļu spīdi, Rīgas pulka karavīri visi savās vietās ― but across the road, hiding the shine of the bayonets, the soldiers of the Riga regiment (are) all in their positions
  2. (of minerals) part of the name of certain minerals or ores consisting of metals combined generally with sulphur
    kobalta spīde ― colbatite (lit. cobalt shine), CoAsS
    svina spīde (= galenīts} ― galenite (lit. lead shine), PbS

Declension
Declension of spīde (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) spīde spīdes
accusative (akuzatīvs) spīdi spīdes
genitive (ģenitīvs) spīdes spīžu
dative (datīvs) spīdei spīdēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) spīdi spīdēm
locative (lokatīvs) spīdē spīdēs
vocative (vokatīvs) spīde spīdes

Synonyms
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