šašliks

Latvian

Šašliks

Etymology

Probably via Russian (cf. шашлык (šašlyk)), ultimately borrowed from Turkic (cf. Crimean Tatar şışlıq, from şış (“spike, sharp stick”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃaʃliks]

Noun

šašliks m (1st declension)

1. shashlik (a type of skewered food cooked on an open fire, of Turkish origin)

   cūkgaļas šašliks ― pork shashlik

   šašliku mērce ― shashlik sauce

   iemarinētos gaļas gabalus uzsprauž uz metāla iesma... šašliku cep uz kvēlošām oglēm ― one drives a skewer through the marinated pieces of meat... the shashlik is cooked on burning coals

Declension

Declension of šašliks (1st)

	singular	plural
nominative	šašliks	šašliki
genitive	šašlika	šašliku
dative	šašlikam	šašlikiem
accusative	šašliku	šašlikus
instrumental	šašliku	šašlikiem
locative	šašlikā	šašlikos
vocative	šašlik	šašliki