Noun: rīks
Hyphenation:
Gender:
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | rīks |
| Accusative | rīku |
| Genitive | rīka |
| Dative | rīkam |
| Instrumental | rīku |
| Locative | rīkā |
| Vocative | rīk |
Plural
| Nominative | rīki |
| Accusative | rīkus |
| Genitive | rīku |
| Dative | rīkiem |
| Instrumental | rīkiem |
| Locative | rīkos |
| Vocative | rīki |
Sample Sentences
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namdara, kalēja rīks (carpenter's, blacksmith tool)
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lauksaimniecības, metālapstrādes rīki (agricultural, metalworking tools)
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medību, zvejas rīks (hunting, fishing tool, instrument)
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rotaļu rīks (toy tool)
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vingrošanas rīki (exercise, fitness equipment)
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soda rīks (means, instrument of punishment)
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ražošanas rīki (tools, means of production)
Nouns inflected like rīks
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *rey-, *rī- (“to scrape; to pluck; to cut”) (with an extra k); cf. dialectal riekt (“to cut (bread); to plow (for the first time)”). Apparently, the original meaning of rīks was “sharp instrument,” perhaps “knife.” Cognates include Lithuanian rỹkas (“instrument; container”).
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