vilciens

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From vilk(t) (“to pull”) +‎ -iens (with k > c palatalization) by analogy with German ziehen (“to pull”), Zug (“train”). The sense “train” originated at the end of the 19th century and became frequent in the 20th century, replacing a previous borrowing bānis, from German Bahn (“way”), Eisenbahn (“railway”).^[1]

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vilciens m (1st declension)

1. one-off event of dragging, pulling, drawing, or its result

   otas, zīmuļa, spalvas vilciens ― a stroke of a brush, pencil, pen

   gleznotājs glezno plašiem vilcieniem ― the painter paints with broad strokes

   rokraksta vilciens ― a handwritten stroke (e.g., part of a letter)

   elpas vilciens ― one breath (lit. breath stroke)

   dzert gariem vilcieniem ― to drink in long gulps

2. train (line of connected railroad cars pulled by a locomotive)

   braukt ar vilcienu ― to travel by train

   tālsatiksmes vilciens ― long-distance train

   piepilsētas vilciens ― commuter train

   elektriskais vilciens ― electric train

   pasta, preču, vilciens ― post, goods train

   smagsvara vilciens ― heavy freight train

   pasažieru, tūristu vilciens ― passenger, tourist train

   vilcienu saraksts ― train timetable

   vilciena kupeja ― train compartment

   vilciena pavadonis ― train attendant

   nokavēt vilcienu ― to miss the train

3. a characteristic feature

   iezīmīgs vilciens rakstnieka prozā ― a typical feature in the writer's prose

   mīlestība uz kokiem ir viens no dziļākiem vilcieniem Blaumaņa dvēselē ― love of trees is one of the deepest features in Blaumanis' soul

• bruņuvilciens, bruņu vilciens