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speķis

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Latvian

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Speķis

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German speck, or from Middle Dutch speck (cf. German Speck, Dutch spek), first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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speķis m (2nd declension)

  1. bacon, lard (subcutaneous fat layer on a pig; slice of pork containing such fat)
    muguras, sānu, vēdera speķis ― back, side, belly bacon
    biezs, plāns speķis ― thick, thin bacon
    žāvēts, sālīts, sacepts speķis ― dried, salted, fried bacon
    uzcept speķa šķēli ― to fry a slice of bacon
    speķa pīrāgs, rausis ― bacon pie, cake
    viņam garšo vēršacs ar speķi, speķis var būt ar liesumu vai viens vienīgs treknums, vienalga ― he liked fried eggs with bacon, the bacon could be lean or very rich, no difference

Declension

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Declension of speķis (2nd)
singular plural
nominative speķis speķi
genitive speķa speķu
dative speķim speķiem
accusative speķi speķus
instrumental speķi speķiem
locative speķī speķos
vocative speķi speķi

References

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