šašliks
Latvian
Etymology
Probably via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian (cf. шашлык (šašlyk)), ultimately borrowed from Turkic (cf. Crimean Tatar şışlıq, from şış (“spike, sharp stick”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
šašliks m (1st declension)
- 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 declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | šašliks | šašliki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | šašliku | šašlikus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | šašlika | šašliku |
| dative (datīvs) | šašlikam | šašlikiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | šašliku | šašlikiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | šašlikā | šašlikos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | šašlik | šašliki |