Noun: segli
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
Plural
| Nominative | segli |
| Accusative | seglus |
| Genitive | seglu |
| Dative | segliem |
| Instrumental | segliem |
| Locative | seglos |
| Vocative | segli |
Sample Sentences
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jātnieka segli (rider's saddle)
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kavalērijas segli (cavalry saddle)
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nastu segli (harness (lit. burden) saddle)
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seglu josta (saddle strap, cinch)
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seglu kāpslis (stirrup (lit. saddle footboard))
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piesprādzēt seglus (to fasten the saddle)
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sēdēt seglos (to sit in the saddle)
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izlēkt no segliem (to jump out of the saddle)
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viņš smagi uzsēdās zirgā, ilgi nevarēdams ierīkoties seglos, kā nākas (he sat heavily on the horse, for a while unable to settle properly in the saddle)
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sēsties seglos velosipēdam (to sit down on the bicycle seat)
Nouns inflected like segli
dienvidi,
saulgrieži,
putekšņi,
ziemeļi,
kūts mēsli,
griesti,
minerālmēsli,
kūtsmēsli,
austrumi,
īsviļņi,
mikroviļņi,
kāposti,
dubļi,
mieži,
milti,
murgi,
tauki,
mēsli,
kaļķi,
pelni, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
A parallel form to (still dialectally attested) sedli, from Proto-Baltic *sedula, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also Latvian sēdēt (“to sit”), q.v.) with an extra ul; the original meaning was thus “seat” (cf. Latin sella (“seat; saddle”)). Some researchers consider this word a borrowing from Slavic languages, but others point out that the stem *sed- did survive in Baltic: e.g., segliņš (“spindle-tree”), named after the similarity between its fruit and a saddle. The two parallel forms segli and sedli co-existed well into the 19th century, at the end of which segli became the preferred form in the standard language. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *sedъlo (Old Church Slavonic седьло (sedĭlo), Russian, Bulgarian седло́ (sedló), Czech sedlo, Polish siodło), Old High German satul, satal, German Sattel, English saddle. See: Latin Nouns '
sella', Czech Nouns '
sedlo', Polish Nouns '
siodło', German Nouns '
Sattel', English Nouns '
saddle'.
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