veļa

See also: vela, Vela, vēla, vêla, velá, veļā, vēlā, and velă

Latvian
Veļa

Etymology

Derived from the stem of the verb velt (“to full, walk (cloth)”). At first used only to refer to clothes that were to be fulled; the modern meanings 'linen', 'undergarment', 'bed clothes' are attested only from the 19th century on.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

veļa f (4th declension)

  1. linens, cloth, towel
    galda veļa ― table linen, tablecloth
    gultas veļa ― bed linen, bed clothes
    kokvilnas veļa ― cotton towel
    ārstnieciskā veļa ― medical linen
  2. undergarments, underwear
    miesas veļa ― body linen, underwear
    triko veļa ― knitted underwear
  3. laundry, washing, wash (of clothes)
    veļu (iz)mazgāt ― to wash clothes, the linen
    veļas mazgājamā/mazgāšanas mašīna ― washing machine
    veļas ziepes, pulveris ― washing soap, powder
    veļas diena ― laundry day
    veļas mazgātava ― launderette, laudromat

Declension
Declension of veļa (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) veļa —
accusative (akuzatīvs) veļu —
genitive (ģenitīvs) veļas —
dative (datīvs) veļai —
instrumental (instrumentālis) veļu —
locative (lokatīvs) veļā —
vocative (vokatīvs) veļa —

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