"gigants" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

Etymology: Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”), genitive form γιγάντος (gigántos), the name of a mythical race of large human-like beings. The word was apparently taken into Ancient Greek from a non-Indo-European pre-Greek language. Etymology templates: {{bor|lv|grc|γίγας||giant}} Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”), {{m|grc|γιγάντος}} γιγάντος (gigántos), {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} gigants m, {{lv-noun|m|1st}} gigants m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|gigant|s|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|gigant|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|gigants|giganti|gigantu|gigantus|giganta|gigantu|gigantam|gigantiem|gigantu|gigantiem|gigantā|gigantos|gigant|giganti|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-1 [table-tags], gigants [nominative, singular], giganti [nominative, plural], gigantu [accusative, singular], gigantus [accusative, plural], giganta [genitive, singular], gigantu [genitive, plural], gigantam [dative, singular], gigantiem [dative, plural], gigantu [instrumental, singular], gigantiem [instrumental, plural], gigantā [locative, singular], gigantos [locative, plural], gigant [singular, vocative], giganti [plural, vocative]
  1. giant (object, animal or person of unusually large size) Tags: declension-1, masculine Synonyms (of "very large entity"): milzis, milzenis
    Sense id: en-gigants-lv-noun-VhxBr2hg Disambiguation of 'of "very large entity"': 60 10 30
  2. giant (person of extraordinary talent or influence in a given field) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-gigants-lv-noun-d2Al2pHI
  3. (Greek mythology) giant (member of a race of enormous beings, the children of Gaia and Uranus) Tags: Greek, declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Mythological creatures Synonyms (of "large mythical being"): milzis
    Sense id: en-gigants-lv-noun-jWn6PEyS Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 10 22 68 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 43 Disambiguation of Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 28 44 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'of "large mythical being"': 38 12 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gigantisks, gigantisms

Inflected forms

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        {
          "english": "if we follow the development of the novel step by step..., then we finally arrive at the greatest giant: the Russian writer Anton Chekhov",
          "text": "ja mēs soli pa solim izsekojam noveles attīstībai.., tad beidzot nonākam pie vislielākā novelistikas giganta: pie krievu rakstnieka Antona Čehova",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giant (person of extraordinary talent or influence in a given field)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "extraordinary",
          "extraordinary#English"
        ],
        [
          "talent",
          "talent#English"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence#English"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give#English"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "lv:Greek mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giant (member of a race of enormous beings, the children of Gaia and Uranus)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member#English"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race#English"
        ],
        [
          "enormous",
          "enormous#English"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being#English"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gaia",
          "Gaia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Uranus",
          "Uranus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) giant (member of a race of enormous beings, the children of Gaia and Uranus)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek",
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "of \"very large entity\"",
      "word": "milzis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"very large entity\"",
      "word": "milzenis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"large mythical being\"",
      "word": "milzis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gigants"
}

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