dzīvsudrabs
Latvian
Etymology
From dzīvs (“alive”) + sudrabs (“silver”), apparently a calque of German Quecksilber.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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dzīvsudrabs m (1st declension)
- mercury (liquid metallic chemical element, with atomic number 80.)
- dzīvsudraba raktuves ― mercury mines
- dzīvsudraba termometrs, barometrs ― mercury thermometer, barometer
- dzīvsudraba spuldze ― mercury lamp
- kustīgs kā dzīvsudrabs ― moving, alive like mercury
Declension
Declension of dzīvsudrabs (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | dzīvsudrabs | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | dzīvsudrabu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | dzīvsudraba | — |
dative (datīvs) | dzīvsudrabam | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | dzīvsudrabu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | dzīvsudrabā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | dzīvsudrab | — |
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