sitams

Latvian

Participle

sitams (definite sitamais; adverb sitami)

1. which can or should be hit, struck, beaten; indefinite present passive participle of sist
2. (usually definite forms; of objects) used for hitting; with which one hits

   sitamais riņķis ― brass knuckles (lit. hitting ring)

   mušu sitamais ― fly swatter (lit. hitter)

   paņem kādu sitamo ― I took something to hit with

   nācējs rokā turēja kaut ko baltu un apaļu... “vai tas tikai nav kāds sitamais?” es nodomāju ― the one who returned was holding something white and round (in his hands)... “is this somethng for hitting?” I thought

3. (usually definite forms, music) percussion, used as a percussion (instrument)

   sitamie instrumenti ― percussion (lit. hitting) instruments

   afrikāņu mūzika nav iedomājama bez sitamiem instrumentiem, īpaši tamtamiem ― African music is unimaginable without percussion (lit. hitting) instruments, especially the tamtams

   neliela mūziķu grupa (klavieres, ģitāra, sitamie) ― a small music band (keyboards, guitar, drums [lit. hitting (instruments)])

Declension

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sitams	sitami		sitama	sitamas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sitamu	sitamus		sitamu	sitamas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sitama	sitamu		sitamas	sitamu
dative (datīvs)	sitamam	sitamiem		sitamai	sitamām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sitamu	sitamiem		sitamu	sitamām
locative (lokatīvs)	sitamā	sitamos		sitamā	sitamās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of sitams