Noun: kakls
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | kakls |
| Accusative | kaklu |
| Genitive | kakla |
| Dative | kaklam |
| Instrumental | kaklu |
| Locative | kaklā |
| Vocative | kakls |
Plural
| Nominative | kakli |
| Accusative | kaklus |
| Genitive | kaklu |
| Dative | kakliem |
| Instrumental | kakliem |
| Locative | kaklos |
| Vocative | kakli |
Sample Sentences
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tievs, garš, īss kakls (slender, long, short neck)
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zoss kakls (goose neck)
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kakla skriemeļi (cervical (= neck) vertebrae)
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izstiept kaklu (to stretch one's neck)
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aptīt šalli ap kaklu (to wrap a scarf around one's neck)
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iekaisis kakls (a sore throat)
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skalot kaklu (to gargle one's throat)
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kumoss iespiedies kaklā (the morsel expanded in the throat)
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kliegt, brēkt pilnā kaklā (to scream in full throat (= very loud))
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pudeles kakls (bottle neck)
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vāze ar garu kaklu (a vase with a long neck)
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dzemdes kakls (uterus neck (i.e., the cervix))
Nouns inflected like kakls
vēders,
akvārijs,
ziloņkauls,
iekaisums,
šāvējs,
ģitārists,
ābols,
dievs,
ezers,
tārps,
omārs,
bērns,
kakls,
kalns,
kauls,
putns,
zieds,
gājiens,
grāmatsējējs,
deguns, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kaklas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷokʷlo-s (a variant of *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”)), a reduplicated form of *kʷel- (“to turn; to move”) (whence also celis (“knee”), q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian kãklas, Proto-Germanic *halsaz (Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals), German Hals). See: Gothic Nouns '
𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃', German Nouns '
Hals'.
Verbs referencing "kakls"
Latin Nouns
collum, Latvian Nouns
klaips.
Translations