zeķe
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Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Socke (Baltic German söcke), from Middle Low German socke (“short socks”), from Latin soccus (“low shoe”), itself a probable borrowing from some Near East language. The first mention of this word is in a 17th-century dictionary.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]zeķe f (5th declension)
- sock (garment that covers the foot)
- pusgarās zeķes ― long socks, stockings
- īsās zeķes ― short socks
- kaprona, neilona zeķes ― nylon stockings
- kokvilnas zeķes ― cotton socks
- vilnas zeķes ― wool socks
- siltas zeķes ― warm socks
- valkāt zeķes ― to wear socks
- adīt zeķes ― to knit socks
- lāpīt zeķes ― to mend socks
Declension
[edit]Declension of zeķe (5th declension)
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “zeķe”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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