ziema
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ziema f (4th declension)
- winter (season of the year between autumn and spring, from December 23 to March 22 in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by the lowest yearly temperatures)
- auksta, barga ziema ― cold, harsh winter
- maiga ziema ― mild winter
- bezsniega ziema ― snowless winter
- iestājas ziema ― winter has begun
- ziemas vakars ― winter evening, night
- nākamajā ziemā ― (in) next winter
- dziļa ziema ― deep winter (i.e., with a lot of snow)
- ziemas saulgrieži ― winter solstice
- pēc garās ziemas, kas bija sākusies novembrī un vēl aprīlī negribēja aiziet, atnāca pavasaris, jo nav tādas ziemas, kurai reiz nesekotu pavasaris ― after a long winter that had started in November and in April still didn't want to go, came spring, because there is no such thing as winter which is not followed by spring
- (in the genetive, used adjectivally) winter, typical of winter, used in winter
- Ziemassvētki ― Christmas (lit. winter holiday, festival)
- ziemas dārzs ― winter garden (a room for plants in the house)
- ziemas guļa ― hibernation (lit. winter sleep)
- ziemas sports ― winter sports
- ziemas olimpiskās spēles ― winter olympic games
- ziemas mētelis ― winter coat
- ziemas riepas ― winter tires (for driving on snow or ice)
- ziemas kvieši ― winter wheat (sown in autumn, mature the next year)
- ziemas āboli ― winter apples (those that mature in autumn)
- apaudzis biezu ziemas spalvu, suns izskatījās lielāks nekā toreiz, kad mežā to atstāja likteņā ziņā ― having grown a thick winter fur, the dog looked bigger than the time when he was left to his fate in the forest
Declension
[edit]Declension of ziema (4th declension)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit](seasons) četri gadalaiki; pavasaris, vasara, rudens, ziema (Category: lv:Seasons)
References
[edit]- ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ziema”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[2] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Categories:
- Latvian etymologies from LEV
- Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latvian words with falling intonation
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian fourth declension nouns
- lv:Seasons
- lv:Winter