Noun: klints
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | klints |
| Accusative | klinti |
| Genitive | klints |
| Dative | klintij |
| Instrumental | klinti |
| Locative | klintī |
| Vocative | klints |
Plural
| Nominative | klintis |
| Accusative | klintis |
| Genitive | klinšu |
| Dative | klintīm |
| Instrumental | klintīm |
| Locative | klintīs |
| Vocative | klintis |
Sample Sentences
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stāvas klintis (steep rocks, cliffs)
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klinšu krauja (rocky cliff)
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klinšu alas (rock caves)
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rāpties pa klintīm (to climb rocks)
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klinšu ērglis (imperial (lit. rock) eagle)
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klinšu vāvere (rock squirrel)
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biezlapju dzimtas augi... daudzi no tiem ir klinšu augi (plants of the Crassulaceae family... many of them are rock plants)
Nouns inflected like klints
izkapts,
spēļu kārts,
pusnakts,
diennakts,
ģints,
kārts,
cilts,
nakts,
telts,
jakts,
klēts,
krūts,
plīts,
blakts,
klints,
nots,
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German klint (“rocky coast, slope, cliff”). The word entered Latvian in the 18th century from Baltic German dialects; prior to that, akmens “stone,” often in combination with other terms, was used instead.
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