ķiploks

Latvian

Ķiploks

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German klüflōk (“garlic”) (cf. German Knoblauch, Dutch knoflook), with klüf- from Proto-Germanic *kliuban (“to split, to cut”) and -lōk “onion, leek” (cf. German Lauch, Dutch look, English leek), i.e., originally “split, segmented onion.” This loanword is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cipluōks]

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Noun

ķiploks m (1st declension)

1. garlic (herbaceous plant, sp. Allium sativum, with pungent edible bulbs)

   ziemas ķiploki ― winter garlic

   savvaļas ķiploks ― wild garlic

   ķiploka sīpols ― garlic bulb (lit. garlic onion)

   tulpes, lilijas, virtuves sīpolus, ķiplokus un vēl citus augus apvieno liliju dzimtā ― tulips, lilies, kitchen onions, garlic and still other plants combine (to form) the lily family (Liliaceae)

   ķiploki izaug no 20 līdz 100 cm augsti ― garlic grows from 20 to 100 cm long

2. garlic (the bulbs of this plant, much used for cooking)

   ierīvēt gaļu ar ķiploku ― to rub meat with garlic

   gaļu griež šķēlēs, tās viegli izdauza, ierīvē ar pārgrieztu ķiploka daiviņu ― one cuts the meat into slices, beats those, and then rubs a chopped clove of garlic (on them)

   mitoloģijā ķiploki aizsargā arī no vampīriem ― in mythology, garlic protects also against vampires

Declension

Declension of ķiploks (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ķiploks	ķiploki
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ķiploku	ķiplokus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ķiploka	ķiploku
dative (datīvs)	ķiplokam	ķiplokiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ķiploku	ķiplokiem
locative (lokatīvs)	ķiplokā	ķiplokos
vocative (vokatīvs)	ķiplok	ķiploki