spuldze
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See also: spuldzē
Etymology
Coined in the 1930s, from the same stem as spulgs (“bright”) (q.v.; made into a feminine 5th-declension stem with the ending -e): Proto-Baltic *spelg-, *spilg-, *spulg-, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-, *spel-, *spʰel- (“to shine”) with an extra g.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
spuldze f (5th declension)
- light bulb, lamp (artificial light source based on the heating of a filament, or also of gas, vapors, inside a glass container)
- elektriskā spuldze ― electric bulb
- neona spuldze ― neon lamp, light
- sešdesmit vatu spuldze ― sixty-watt light bulb
- dienasgaismas spuldze ― fluorescent lamp
- dzīvsudraba spuldze ― mercury lamp, light
- spuldze deg spoži ― the light bulb is burning bright
- spuldzes spilgtums ― the brightness of the light bulb
- Meitene pastiepa roku un iededza spuldzi ― the girl stretched her arm and turned on the light
- Helga apsēdās un iededza galda lampu... spuldze bija vāja, abažūrs slāpēja gaismu ― Helga sat down and turned on the table lamp on... the bulb was weak, the lampshade stifled the light
Declension
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | spuldze | spuldzes |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | spuldzi | spuldzes |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | spuldzes | spuldžu |
| dative (datīvs) | spuldzei | spuldzēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | spuldzi | spuldzēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | spuldzē | spuldzēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | spuldze | spuldzes |
Declension of spuldze (5th declension)
Related terms
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “spuldze”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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