brilles – Latvian noun declension

Noun: brilles
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension:

Singular

Plural

Nominative	brilles
Accusative	brilles
Genitive	briļļu
Dative	brillēm
Instrumental	brillēm
Locative	brillēs
Vocative	brilles

Sample Sentences

brilles ietvars (spectacles frame)
uzlikt, valkāt brilles (to put on, to wear glasses)
motociklista brilles (motorcycle glasses, goggles)

Nouns inflected like brilles

brilles, saules brilles, saulesbrilles, dilles, stelles,

Etymology

Borrowed from German Brille (probably from Middle Low German), ultimately from beryllium (< Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos)), the material from which the first modern glasses were made. See: German Nouns 'Brille', Ancient Greek Nouns 'βήρυλλος'.