ziepes

See also: ziepēs

Latvian[edit]

ziepes on Latvian Wikipedia

Borrowed from Middle Low German sepe, seepe or Middle Dutch zepe “soap,” first attested in Latvian in 17th-century dictionaries.^[1]

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ziepes f (5th declension)

soap (substance, synthetic or derived from fats, used for washing, usually in the form of a bar or as a liquid)
cietās, šķidrās ziepes ― solid, liquid soap

pastveida, pulvera ziepes ― pasty, powder soap

veļas ziepes ― laundry soap

medicīniskās ziepes ― medicinal soap

ziepju gabals ― piece of soap

ziepju putas, burbulis ― soap foam, bubble

ziepju trauks ― soap dish

saimniecības ziepes ― household soap

tualetes ziepes ― bathroom soap

bērnu ziepes ― children's soap

ūdens bija spirdzinoši auksts, rozā ziepes smaržoja pēc zemenēm ― the water was crispy cold, the pink soap smelled like strawberries
(figuratively, colloquial) trouble; bad, undesirable situation or state
uzradās kontrole, un kolēģim tikko nesanāca ziepes ― there was a control, and (my) colleagues almost met (= got into) trouble

bet tagad ņem un izstāsti, kas tev īsti ir par ziepēm... mēs šeit Lestonā esam sirds cilvēki, gatavi palīdzēt - diena vai nakts ― but now do tell (us) what kind of trouble you have (= you are in)... we, here in Lestons, are kind people, always ready to help - day and night

Declension of ziepes (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	ziepes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	ziepes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	ziepju
dative (datīvs)	—	ziepēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	ziepēm
locative (lokatīvs)	—	ziepēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	ziepes

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ziepes”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN