Latvian
zelts on Latvian Wikipedia
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *želtas (“gold”), itself from *žel-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”) or through the later root *ǵʰl̥-tó-m (“gold”) derived from the same source. (From a variant *gʰel-, *gʷʰel- comes (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian dzeltens (“yellow”), which was also the original meaning of the adjectival form of zelts.) Cognates include (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian dialectal želtas (“golden, blond”), Old Prussian sealtmeno ( [zealtmeno], from *zēltmeno, “oriole (“yellow bird”)”), Proto-Slavic *zolto (Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Ukrainian зо́лото (zóloto), Belarusian зо́лата (zólata), Bulgarian злато́ (zlató), Czech zlato, Polish złoto), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “to be yellow, green”), Proto-Germanic *gulþą (Old Norse gull, Old High German gold, German Gold, Dutch goud, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish guld, English gold); compare also Persian زر (zar), Kurdish[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
zelts m (1st declension)
- gold (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 79.)
- tīrradņa zelts ― gold nuggets
- zelta rūda ― gold ore
- zelta hlorīds ― gold chloride
- zelta monēta, gredzens, pulkstenis, medaļa ― gold coin, ring, clock, medal
- golden (having the color of gold)
- zelta dzeltens, zeltdzeltens ― golden yellow
- zelta zivtiņa ― golden fish
- golden (very good, top quality, the best of its kind)
- viņš ir zelts, ne cilvēks ― he is gold, not a person
- zelta cilvkēs ― golden person
- zelta vārdi ― golden words
- zelta dzīve ― golden life
- zelta kāzas ― golden anniversary (50th wedding anniversary)
Declension
Declension of zelts (1st declension)
Derived terms
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