spīde

See also: spide and spīdē

Latvian[edit]

From the same stem as spīdēt, made into a feminine 5th-declension noun (ending -e).

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spīde f (5th declension)

gloss, luster, shine
bet pāri ceļam, slēpjot durkļu spīdi, Rīgas pulka karavīri visi savās vietās ― but across the road, hiding the shine of the bayonets, the soldiers of the Riga regiment (are) all in their positions
(of minerals) part of the name of certain minerals or ores consisting of metals combined generally with sulphur
kobalta spīde ― colbatite (lit. cobalt shine), CoAsS

svina spīde (= galenīts) ― galenite (lit. lead shine), PbS

Declension of spīde (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	spīde	spīdes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	spīdi	spīdes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	spīdes	spīžu
dative (datīvs)	spīdei	spīdēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	spīdi	spīdēm
locative (lokatīvs)	spīdē	spīdēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	spīde	spīdes