celis
Esperanto
editPronunciation
editVerb
editcelis
- past of celi
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Baltic *kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel(H)- (“to turn, to rotate, to move”) (whence also kult, q.v.). The original meaning of this word was therefore “moving place,” “movable member, organ.” Cognates include Lithuanian kelỹs, kẽlis, dialectal kialis, Old Church Slavonic колѣно (kolěno), Russian колено (koleno), and less likely Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “organ”), κωλῆ (kōlê, “femoral bone”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcelis m (2nd declension)
- knee (the joint between thigh and shin and the area around it)
- stīvs celis ― stiff knee
- ceļa lūzums ― knee fracture
- sēdēt tēvam uz ceļiem ― to sit on father's knees (= lap)
- sniegs mežā bija dziļš, vai līdz ceļiem ― the snow in the forest was deep, up to the knees
- sieviete pastiepa zilās kleitas malu tālāk pāri ceļiem ― the woman stretched the hem of the blue dress beyond the knees
- meitene pieliec celi, kā skolā mācīts ― the girl bent (her) knee, as taught at school
Declension
editDeclension of celis (2nd declension)
References
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “celis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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