stings
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
stings
Verb[edit]
stings
- third-person singular simple present indicative of sting
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A parallel form to stingrs (“firm, strong, strict”), but without the r, both from the same stem as the verb stingt (“to harden, to stiffen”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
stings (definite stingais, comparative stingāks, superlative visstingākais, adverb stingi)
- hard, firm, stiff, rigid (characterized by hardness, also viscosity, usually at low temperatures or when some components evaporate)
- stings galerts ― hard meat jelly
- stinga massa ― hard, rigid mass
- stingrs krēms ― rigid, thick cream
- apkārt viss sasalis, stings un kluss ― all around everything (was) frozen, hard and quiet
- (of people's or animals' bodies, their parts) hard, stiff, numb (having lost its usual strength or mobility because of low temperatures)
- stingi locekļi ― stiff, numb limbs
- salā stingiem pirkstiem brauc Džeks Londons suņu pajūga ― in the frost, Džeks Londons (Jack London) went with (his) numb fingers in a dog-pulled sled
- (of plants, occasionally animals) stiff, hard, frozen (where life processes were interrupted or limited, usually in cold, frosty weather)
- stingi zari ― stiff, frozen branches
- stings kukainis ― stiff, frozen insect
- (of corpses) rigid, stiff
- stings mirušā ķermenis ― stiff, rigid dead body
- grūti paskatīties mātes stingajā sejā ― it (was) difficult to look at (his) (dead) mother's rigid, stiff face
- (of places, environments, situations) rigid, stiff (without life, movement, sounds)
- naktī mēness gaismā viss kļuva stings, nedzīvs, it kā ar nāves elpu apdvests ― at night, in the moonlight, everything became rigid, lifeless, as if blown by the breath of death
- (of body parts, also facial expressions, looks) rigid, stiff (characterized by unchanging, fixed muscle positions)
- stingi sejas vaibsti ― rigid facial features
- stinga poza ― rigid posture
- stings skatiens ― rigid look, stare
- viņas acīs un stingajā sejas izteiksmē gulēja nešaubīgs visa sapratējas un zinātājas zīmogs ― in her eyes and rigid facial expression lay the unmistakable stamp of the all-knower (= one who thinks s/he knows everything)
- (physics) rigid (capable of resisting deformation)
- stings materiāls ― rigid mateiral
- stings fizikālais ķermenis ― rigid physical body
- (technology) rigid (built in such a way that its elements cannot displace each other)
- stings režģis ― rigid grid, lattice
- stinga stieņu konstrukcija ― rigid tubular structure
Declension[edit]
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of stings
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | stings | stingi | stinga | stingas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | stingu | stingus | stingu | stingas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | stinga | stingu | stingas | stingu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | stingam | stingiem | stingai | stingām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | stingu | stingiem | stingu | stingām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | stingā | stingos | stingā | stingās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stingt, stingrs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
stings