speķis – Latvian noun declension

Latvian noun forms of speķis

Noun: speķis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine Declension:

Singular

Nominativespeķis
Accusativespeķi
Genitivespeķa
Dativespeķim
Instrumentalspeķi
Locativespeķī
Vocativespeķi

Plural

Nominativespeķi
Accusativespeķus
Genitivespeķu
Dativespeķiem
Instrumentalspeķiem
Locativespeķos
Vocativespeķi

Sample Sentences

  • muguras, sānu, vēdera speķis (back, side, belly bacon)
  • biezs, plāns speķis (thick, thin bacon)
  • žāvēts, sālīts, sacepts speķis (dried, salted, fried bacon)
  • uzcept speķa šķēli (to fry a slice of bacon)
  • speķa pīrāgs, rausis (bacon pie, cake)
  • viņam garšo vēršacs ar speķi, speķis var būt ar liesumu vai viens vienīgs treknums, vienalga (he liked fried eggs with bacon, the bacon could be lean or very rich, no difference)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German speck, or from Middle Dutch speck (cf. German Speck, Dutch spek), first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries. See: German Nouns 'Speck', Dutch Nouns 'spek'.

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