ķiploks
Latvian
Ķiploks
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German klüflōk (“garlic”) (cf. German Knoblauch, Dutch knoflook), with klüf- from Proto-Germanic *kliuban (“to split, to cut”) and -lōk “onion, leek” (cf. German Lauch, Dutch look, English leek), i.e., originally “split, segmented onion.” This loandword is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [cipluōks]
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Noun
ķiploks m (1st declension)
- garlic (herbaceous plant, sp. Allium sativum, with pungent edible bulbs)
- ziemas ķiploki ― winter garlic
- savvaļas ķiploks ― wild garlic
- ķiploka sīpols ― garlic bulb (lit. garlic onion)
- tulpes, lilijas, virtuves sīpolus, ķiplokus un vēl citus augus apvieno liliju dzimtā ― tulips, lillies, kitchen onions, garlic and still other plants combine (to form) the lily family (Liliaceae)
- ķiploki izaug no 20 līdz 100 cm augsti ― garlic grows from 20 to 100 cm long
- garlic (the bulbs of this plant, much used for cooking)
- ierīvēt gaļu ar ķiploku ― to rub meat with garlic
- gaļu griež šķēlēs, tās viegli izdauza, ierīvē ar pārgrieztu ķiploka daiviņu ― one cuts the meat into slices, beats those, and then rubs a chopped clove of garlic (on them)
- mitoloģijā ķiploki aizsargā arī no vampīriem ― in mythology, garlic protects also against vampires
Declension
Declension of ķiploks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | ķiploks | ķiploki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | ķiploku | ķiplokus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ķiploka | ķiploku |
| dative (datīvs) | ķiplokam | ķiplokiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | ķiploku | ķiplokiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | ķiplokā | ķiplokos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | ķiplok | ķiploki |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ķiploks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN