strēle
Latvian
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Alternative forms
- (dialectal form) strēla
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”) (whence also Latvian stars (“ray, beam”), q.v.) with an extra l. The same stem also yielded the 17th-/18th-century verb strēlēt (“to shoot”), later replaced by šaut (“to shoot”). The basic meaning must have been “to scatter, to throw (around)”, from which “to shoot” and, as a nominalized form, “that which is shot”. Cognates include Lithuanian strėlė̃, strėlà (“arrow; shoot, branch; rafter”), Old Church Slavonic стрѣла (strěla), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Belarusian, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Bulgarian, Russian стрела́ (strelá), Ukrainian стріла́ (strilá, “arrow”), Czech střela (“arrow, projectile”), Polish strzała (“arrow”), Old High German strāla (“arrow, lightning bolt”), German Strahl (“ray, beam”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
strēle f (5th declension)
- (chiefly figuratively) arrow, dart (projectile thrown with a bow)
- traucas kā izšauta strēle ― speeding, rushing like an arrow (lit. like a shot arrow)
- arrow (a component part that is thin and long, usually used for pointing)
- pa skalu slīd strēle, norādīdama iegrimes dziļumu ― along the scale the arrow moved, showing the depth of the sinking
- kad Lilija pēdējo reizi paraudzījās pulkstenī, zeltītās strēles iezīmēja ceturksni uz deviņiem ― when Lilija last looked at the clock, the golden arrows showed a quarter of nine
- something narrow and elongated like an arrow
- ledus gan plaisāja sīkās strēlēs, tomēr izturēja ― the ice did crack in tiny arrows, but it held, endured
- (of light) beam, ray
- putekļi vērpās saules strēlēs, kas staroja iekšā pa logu ― the dust was spinning under (lit. in) the sun rays which shone in through the window
- kā ugunīga pātaga tumsu pārcirta zibens strēle — like a fiery whip, the lightning bolt (lit. arrow, ray) cut thourgh the dakrness
- (of gas, fog, smoke) narrow, elongated formation, strip
- pāri debesīm traucās melnas mākoņu strēles, brīžiem aizsegdamas mēnesi ― across the sky rushed black cloud strips, sometimes hiding the moon
- zilganas dūmu strēles peldēja pāri ievu krūmiem ― bluish smoke strips floated across the cherry bushes
- (of land, territory) strip, stretch (narrow, elongated area)
- zemes, smilšu strēle ― a strip of land, of sand
- tāda bija jūrmala šai ciemā: šaura krasta strēle ― such was the seaside at (= near) this village: a narrow stretch of coast
- (technology) jib, boom (the projecting arm of a crane)
- līgani pagriezās celtņa strēle ― smoothly turned the crane jib, boom
Usage notes
The preferred term for "arrow" as a weapon is bulta, while strēle is more frequently used metaphorically, or when talking about pointing signs or component parts.
Declension
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | strēle | strēles |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | strēli | strēles |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | strēles | strēļu |
dative (datīvs) | strēlei | strēlēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | strēli | strēlēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | strēlē | strēlēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | strēle | strēles |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- strēlnieks, strēlniece
- (archaic term) strēlēt
See also
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “strēle”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
- Latvian etymologies from LEV
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latvian words with broken intonation
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- lv:Technology
- Latvian fifth declension nouns
- Latvian noun forms
- lv:Archery
- lv:Darts