zobs
French
Noun
zobs m
Latvian
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas[1] (with irregular *am > (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian o ([uo]); or perhaps from a parallel form *žanbas, since *an > (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian o ([uo]) is a regular change), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth; row of teeth”), itself from the stem *ǵembʰ- (“to bite”), apparently a variant of synonymous *ǵebʰ. Cognates include Lithuanian žam̃bas (“log, beam edge; any sharp, angular object”), žam̃bis (“wooden plow”), Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Belarusian, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ukrainian зуб (zub), Bulgarian зъб (zǎb), Czech zub, Polish ząb, Old High German chamb (“comb”), Old Norse kambr, Old English camb, English comb, Albanian dhëmb (“tooth”), Sanskrit जम्भः (jámbhaḥ, “tooth, fang”), Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “nail, peg”), γομφίος (gomphíos, “molar”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
zobs m (1st declension)
- (anatomy) tooth (a hard, calcareous element in a structure present in the mouths of most vertebrates, used for biting and eating)
- veselīgi zobi ― healthy teeth
- nedzīvs zobs ― lifeless tooth
- zoba kronis ― tooth crown
- zoba sakne ― tooth root
- zoba emalja ― tooth enamel
- zobu šķilšanās ― teething (lit. teeth hatching)
- bērnam nāk zobi ― the child's teeth are coming out
- zoba plombēšana ― tooth filling
- zobu sāpes ― toothache
- zobu protēze ― denture (lit. tooth prosthesis)
- izraut zobu ― to pull out a tooth
- tīrīt zobus ar suku ― to clean (one's) teeth with a brush
- piena zobs ― milk tooth
- acu zobs, acuzobs ― eye tooth (i.e., canine tooth)
- gudrības zobs ― wisdom tooth
- tik auksts, ka zobi klab ― (it is) so cold that (one's) teeth chatter
- (on tools, objects) tooth (protuberance, usually pointed, and usually on the side)
- zāģa zobi ― saw teeth
- ielikt pļaujmašīnai jaunu zobu ― to add a new tooth to the mower
- pils torņa zobi ― castle tower teeth (= battlement, crenels)
- viņš iedod atslēgu; tā ir pavisam jauna, smalki ievīlētiem zobiem ― he gave the key; it is brand new, (with) finely filed teeth
- (of cutting tools) cutting edge (sharp side of the blade)
- izkapts zobs ― the cutting edge (lit. tooth) of a scythe
- uzskati koku, ko cirvja zobs dziļi ievainojis ― you are looking at a tree which the ax blade, edge (lit. tooth) hurt (= cut) deep
Declension
Derived terms
- gudrības zobs
- zobakmens, zobu akmens
- zobārsts, zobārste, zobārstniecība
- zobens
- zobu birste f, zobubirste f
- zobu pasta f
- zobu suka f
See also
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 549
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “zobs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
- Latvian etymologies from LEV
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- French noun plural forms
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
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- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latvian words with falling intonation
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- lv:Anatomy
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- Latvian first declension nouns
- lv:Teeth