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See also: ziepēs
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German sepe, seepe or Middle Dutch zepe “soap,” first attested in Latvian in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ziepes f (5th declension)
- soap (substance, synthetic or derived from fats, used for washing, usually in the form of a bar or as a liquid)
- cietās, šķidrās ziepes ― solid, liquid soap
- pastveida, pulvera ziepes ― pasty, powder soap
- veļas ziepes ― laundry soap
- medicīniskās ziepes ― medicinal soap
- ziepju gabals ― piece of soap
- ziepju putas, burbulis ― soap foam, bubble
- ziepju trauks ― soap dish
- saimniecības ziepes ― household soap
- tualetes ziepes ― bathroom soap
- bērnu ziepes ― children's soap
- ūdens bija spirdzinoši auksts, rozā ziepes smaržoja pēc zemenēm ― the water was crispy cold, the pink soap smelled like strawberries
- (figuratively, colloquial) trouble; bad, undesirable situation or state
- uzradās kontrole, un kolēģim tikko nesanāca ziepes ― there was a control, and (my) colleagues almost met (= got into) trouble
- bet tagad ņem un izstāsti, kas tev īsti ir par ziepēm... mēs šeit Lestonā esam sirds cilvēki, gatavi palīdzēt - diena vai nakts ― but now do tell (us) what kind of trouble you have (= you are in)... we, here in Lestons, are kind people, always ready to help - day and night
Declension
[edit]Declension of ziepes (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | — | ziepes |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | ziepes |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | ziepju |
dative (datīvs) | — | ziepēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | ziepēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | — | ziepēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | ziepes |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ziepes”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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