speķis

Latvian

Speķis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spɛcis]

Noun

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

Declension of speķis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	speķis	speķi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	speķi	speķus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	speķa	speķu
dative (datīvs)	speķim	speķiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	speķi	speķiem
locative (lokatīvs)	speķī	speķos
vocative (vokatīvs)	speķi	speķi