klints

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German klint (“rocky coast, slope, cliff”). The word entered Latvian in the 18th century from Baltic German dialects; prior to that, akmens “stone,” often in combination with other terms, was used instead.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [klīnts]
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Noun

klints f (6th declension)

(large) rock, cliff (massif with steep edges; rocky cliff)
stāvas klintis ― steep rocks, cliffs

klinšu krauja ― rocky cliff

klinšu alas ― rock caves

rāpties pa klintīm ― to climb rocks
(in the genitive, used as an adjective) rock (typical of, living in, a rocky area)
klinšu ērglis ― imperial (lit. rock) eagle

klinšu vāvere ― rock squirrel

biezlapju dzimtas augi... daudzi no tiem ir klinšu augi ― plants of the Crassulaceae family... many of them are rock plants

Declension

Declension of *klints* (6th)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	klints	klintis
genitive	klints	klinšu
dative	klintij	klintīm
accusative	klinti	klintis
instrumental	klinti	klintīm
locative	klintī	klintīs
vocative	klints	klintis

Synonyms

(of "rock"): akmens, ieži
(of "cliff"): krauja

Derived terms

klinšains

References

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “klints”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “klints”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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