brilles
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
brilles
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brilles
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brilles
French[edit]
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brilles
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Brille (probably from Middle Low German), ultimately from beryllium (< Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos)), the material from which the first modern glasses were made.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brilles f (5th declension)
- glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles (sight-correcting glasses mounted on a frame)
- brilles ietvars ― spectacles frame
- uzlikt, valkāt brilles ― to put on, to wear glasses
- eye protective device similar in shape to spectacles
- motociklista brilles ― motorcycle glasses, goggles
Usage notes[edit]
There is a singular form brille, only sporadically attested.
Declension[edit]
Declension of brilles (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | — | brilles |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | brilles |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | briļļu |
dative (datīvs) | — | brillēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | brillēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | — | brillēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | brilles |
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References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “brilles”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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Verb[edit]
brilles
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