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zīmulis

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Latvian

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Zīmulis

Etymology

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Coined by Atis Kronvalds from zīme (“sign, symbol”) (q.v.) or zīmēt (“to draw”) ( +‎ -ulis) around 1870.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zīmulis m (2nd declension)

  1. pencil (instrument made of graphite or lead, usually inside a wooden frame, used for writing or drawing)
    smails zīmulis ― sharp pencil
    rakstīt ar zīmuli ― to write with a pencil
    zīmuļa vilciens ― a pencil stroke
    zīmuļu asināmais ― pencil sharpener
    asināt zīmuli ― to sharpen a pencil
    krāsu, krāsainie zīmuļi ― colored pencils, crayons
    ciets, mīksts zīmulis ― hard, soft pencil (i.e., with lead wears out slowly, or quickly)

Declension

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Declension of zīmulis (2nd)
singular plural
nominative zīmulis zīmuļi
genitive zīmuļa zīmuļu
dative zīmulim zīmuļiem
accusative zīmuli zīmuļus
instrumental zīmuli zīmuļiem
locative zīmulī zīmuļos
vocative zīmuli zīmuļi

References

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