jumts

Latgalian

Noun

jumts m

1. roof

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Latvian

Jumts

Etymology

Originally the past participle of the verb jumt (“to cover a roof; to thatch”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *jumt, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *yew-, *yū- (“to bind, to tie”), with an extra m. Primitive houses were covered by tied, interwoven sticks on which rested a mud covering. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *jǫtъ (“roof”) (cf. Russian приют (prijút, “shelter, retreat”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jùmts]

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Noun

jumts m (1st declension)

1. roof (structure that covers the top of a building; the covering that sits on it)

   skārda jumts ― tin roof

   šīfera jumts ― slate roof

   ruberoīda jumts ― bituminous felt roof

   kārniņu jumts ― tiled roof

   niedru jumts ― thatched roof

   slīps jumts ― sloping roof

   jumta skārds ― roofing sheets

   jumta pape ― roofing felt

   jumta naglas ― roofing nails

   jumta plakne ― the roof plane

   salabot jumtu ― to repair, fix the roof

   jumta istaba, jumtistaba ― penthouse (lit. roof room)

2. roof (structure that covers the top of a vehicle and shelters it from the external weather)

   automobiļa jumts ― automobile, car roof

   trolejbusa jumts ― trolley roof

   vagona jumts ― (train) car roof

Declension

Declension of jumts (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	jumts	jumti
accusative (akuzatīvs)	jumtu	jumtus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	jumta	jumtu
dative (datīvs)	jumtam	jumtiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	jumtu	jumtiem
locative (lokatīvs)	jumtā	jumtos
vocative (vokatīvs)	jumt	jumti