plīts

See also: plits

Latvian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A borrowing from Baltic German Pliete, itself a borrowing from Russian плита́ (plitá, “stove”). This word is related to Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [plīːts]

Noun

plīts f (6th declension)

  1. stove, cooker (a heating device with burners for cooking food)
    malkas, gāzes, elektriskā plīts ― wood-burning, gas, electric stove
    bāzt plītī malku ― to put wood into the stove
    podiņu plīts ― tiled stove
    karsta plīts ― hot stove
    plīts kurtuve ― stove burner
    iekurināt plīti ― to heat the stove

Declension

Declension of plīts (6th declension)
singular plural
nominative plīts plītis
genitive plīts plīšu
dative plītij plītīm
accusative plīti plītis
instrumental plīti plītīm
locative plītī plītīs
vocative plīts plītis

See also

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “plīts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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