bole

bole (nominative singular)
boles (nominative plural)
boli (accusative singular)
boles (accusative plural)
boles (genitive singular)
boļu (genitive plural)
bolei (dative singular)
bolēm (dative plural)
boli (instrumental singular)
bolēm (instrumental plural)
bolē (locative singular)
bolēs (locative plural)
bole (singular vocative)
boles (plural vocative)

From English bowl, probably via German Bowle. Alternative historical forms: bols. First attested use to mean a bowl for making punch – 1880. First attested use to refer to the beverage itself – 1886.

zemeņu bole – strawberry punch

boles trauks – punch bowl

punch (drink made of wine, diluted with juices, syrups and fruit, often with added cognac or rhum)


alus

alus (nominative singular)
alu (accusative singular)
alus (genitive singular)
alum (dative singular)
alu (instrumental singular)
alū (locative singular)
alus (singular vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *álu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“bitter”). A minority view considers the Latvian and Lithuanian terms to be ultimately borrowings from Germanic, via Old Prussian. Cognates include Lithuanian alùs, Old Prussian alu (“honey drink”), Old East Slavic олъ (olŭ, “strong drink”), Bulgarian олови́на (olovína, “beer yeast”), Slovene ôl (“beer”)|ol, Old English ealu, alu, English ale, Old Norse ǫl (“beer; feast”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).

cog

gaišais alus

tumšais alus

mājas alus

amatnieku alus

medalus

alus muca

alus kauss

alus darītava

brewery (literally, “beer making place”)

alus rūpniecība

darīt, vārīt alu

to make (literally, “to do”), to brew (literally, “to boil”) beer

Jāņiem tika brūvēts alus, un nu staigāja no mutes uz muti liela, zaļa māla krūze, putām pārsegta, rūgteni smaržīga dzēriena pilna

in midsummer beer was brewed, and then a big, green clay jug went from mouth to mouth, covered with foam and full of (that) bitter, aromatic drink

beer (alcoholic beverage usually made with barley malt and hops)


piens

piens (nominative singular)
pieni (nominative plural)
pienu (accusative singular)
pienus (accusative plural)
piena (genitive singular)
pienu (genitive plural)
pienam (dative singular)
pieniem (dative plural)
pienu (instrumental singular)
pieniem (instrumental plural)
pienā (locative singular)
pienos (locative plural)
pien (singular vocative)
pieni (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *pā́ˀinas, from Proto-Indo-European *peynos, *poyHnos, from the stem *peyh₂- (“to be fat”) (perhaps from earlier “to swell”). The meaning evolved from “fat, swollen” to “(breasts) full of milk” and finally “milk”. There was an old Proto-Baltic verb *pīti (“to give milk”), from which comes dialectal Lithuanian pýti (“to give milk”); the corresponding Latvian term disappeared, perhaps because of homophony with pīt (“to braid, to weave”). Cognates include Lithuanian píenas (“milk”), Sanskrit पयते (páyate, “to swell, to be too full”), पयस् (páyas, “fluid, water, milk, rain”), Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬞𐬌𐬌𐬏𐬱𐬌- (pipiiūši-, “having milk in her breasts”), Persian پینو (pinu, “buttermilk”), Middle Persian pēm (“milk”), Latin opīmus (“fat, plump; fruitful”).

mātes piens, krūts piens

piena dziedzeri

govs, kazas, ķēves piens

piena ēdieni, produkti

piena kokteilis

piena saldējums

kafija ar pienu

pasterizēts piens

kondensēts piens

milk (nourishing liquid secreted by mammal females)


medus

medus (nominative singular)
medu (accusative singular)
medus (genitive singular)
medum (dative singular)
medu (instrumental singular)
medū (locative singular)
medus (singular vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *médu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

medus vārīšana


vīns

vīns (nominative singular)
vīni (nominative plural)
vīnu (accusative singular)
vīnus (accusative plural)
vīna (genitive singular)
vīnu (genitive plural)
vīnam (dative singular)
vīniem (dative plural)
vīnu (instrumental singular)
vīniem (instrumental plural)
vīnā (locative singular)
vīnos (locative plural)
vīn (singular vocative)
vīni (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle Low German wīn, or from Old Norse vín or Middle Dutch wijn, wiin (cf. German Wein, Swedish vin, Dutch wijn, English wine), or maybe also from Old East Slavic вино (vino), Russian вино́ (vinó), itself a borrowing from Latin vīnum, which is a possible borrowing from an old Mediterranean or Black Sea language. In Latvian, this loanword is old: it is already mentioned in 16th-century writings and 17th-century dictionaries; there is also an apparently related 16th-century family name Vīndedzis.

vīnogu, ķiršu vīns

sarkanais vīns, sarkanvīns

baltais vīns, baltvīns

sausais, saldais vīns

deserta vīns

dzirkstošais vīns

pudele vīna

vīna kauss

vīna glāze

vīna muca

Pie zivju ēdiniem ieteicami baltie galda vīni, pie gaļas - sarkanie sausie vīni, bet pie sakņu ēdieniem - pussaldie.

With fish dishes, white table wines are recommended; with meat - red dry wines, and with vegetable food - semisweet (wines).

wine (alcoholic drink made from berriess or fruit juices)


ūdens

lv-noun

ūdens m (2nd declension, irregular nominative, genitive)

ūdens (nominative singular)
ūdeņi (nominative plural)
ūdeni (accusative singular)
ūdeņus (accusative plural)
ūdens (genitive singular)
ūdeņu (genitive plural)
ūdenim (dative singular)
ūdeņiem (dative plural)
ūdeni (instrumental singular)
ūdeņiem (instrumental plural)
ūdenī (locative singular)
ūdeņos (locative plural)
ūdeni (singular vocative)
ūdeņi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *ūden- (or perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wandō), from the r/n-heteroclitic Proto-Indo-European noun *wódr̥, *wédōr, itself from a stem *wed- (“to moisten”). In Latvian, only the n-form of the stem survived in ūdens, but the r-form can be seen in the related term ūdrs (“otter”). The lack of initial v in Latvian also suggests that a specific dialectal term was generalized: v-initial forms can still be found in geographic names (e.g. the river Vadakste, the word vads in its dialectal senses: creek, swampy forest, etc., and place names derived from it, like Mēnešvads, Alkšņa vads, etc.). Cognates include Lithuanian vanduõ, dialectal unduõ, únduo, Old Prussian unds m, wundan n, Proto-Slavic *voda (Old Church Slavonic, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Russian вода́ (vodá), Czech voda, Polish woda), Old Church Slavonic вѣдро (vědro, “small vessel”), Russian ведро́ (vedró, “bucket”), Ukrainian відро́ (vidró), Czech vědro, Polish wiadro, Proto-Germanic *watōr (Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō), Old High German wazzar, German Wasser, English water, wet), Hittite wātar (< *wódr̥), Sanskrit उदन् (udán), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), Latin unda (“wave”) (from *udn- with metathesis).

cog

smagais ūdens

ūdens molekula

tīrs, skaidrs ūdens

dzeramais ūdens

duļķains ūdens

mīksts, ciets ūdens

vārīts, destilēts, gāzēts ūdens

jūras, upes, lietus ūdens

ūdens ceļš, ūdensceļš

saldūdens, sālsūdens

atmosfēras, augsnes ūdens

artēziskais ūdens

tējas, kafijas ūdens

tea, coffee water (i.e., boiled for tea, coffee)

svētais ūdens

ūdens saturs šķīdumā

ūdens lāse, strūkla

ūdens tvaiks

ūdens krājumi, resursi

ūdens apgāde

ūdens tek, plūst, pil

smelt, dzert, attīrīt ūdeni

ūdenī šķīstoša viela

mazgāties aukstā ūdenī

ūdens tilpe, ūdenstilpe

ūdens līmenis

virs, zem ūdens

ūdens nelaime

ūdens riņķojums dabā

water (transparent liquid substance formed by hydrogen and oxygen; H₂O)

virszemes, sauszemes ūdeņi

pazemes ūdeņi

groundwater, underground water (lit. waters)

ārstnieciskie ūdeņi

palu ūdeņi

termālie ūdeņi

(in the plural) waters (large amounts, large bodies of water)

zvejas ūdeņi

teritoriālie ūdeņi

iekšējie ūdeņi

starptautiskie ūdeņi

(in the plural) water (a body, bodies of water with a specific use, or belonging to a specific region or country)

ūdens transports

ūdenssports

ūdensslēpes

ūdens polo

(genitive, used adjectivally) water, aquatic (relating to bodies of water)

ūdens augi, ūdensaugi

ūdens lilija, ūdens roze, ūdensroze

ūdens zāle, ūdenszāle

ūdens dzīvnieki, ūdensdzīvnieki

ūdens putni, ūdensputni

ūdens gliemji, kukaiņi

(genitive, used adjectivally) water, aquatic (which lives, is situated, in or near bodies of water, or in water-rich areas)

ūdens gabals

piece of water (= contentless, excessively long text)

tu slauc pareizu pienu, bet, mīļā māt, tavas meitas dzied dziesmas, kam ūdens klāt!

you milk good milk, but, dear mother, your daughters sing songs that are covered with water

(colloquial, of texts, words) watery, uninteresting, boring; empty, meaningless


kafija

kafija (nominative singular)
kafijas (nominative plural)
kafiju (accusative singular)
kafijas (accusative plural)
kafijas (genitive singular)
kafiju (genitive plural)
kafijai (dative singular)
kafijām (dative plural)
kafiju (instrumental singular)
kafijām (instrumental plural)
kafijā (locative singular)
kafijās (locative plural)
kafija (singular vocative)
kafijas (plural vocative)


tēja

tēja (nominative singular)
tējas (nominative plural)
tēju (accusative singular)
tējas (accusative plural)
tējas (genitive singular)
tēju (genitive plural)
tējai (dative singular)
tējām (dative plural)
tēju (instrumental singular)
tējām (instrumental plural)
tējā (locative singular)
tējās (locative plural)
tēja (singular vocative)
tējas (plural vocative)

From Hokkien (POJ: tê, Chinese: 茶), via Dutch thee. The Mandarin pronunciation of the same word — tša — gave rise to the word for “tea” in other European languages (compare Russian чай (čaj), Portuguese chá).

ievākt tēju

melnã, zaļā tēja

Indijas, Ķīnas tēja

tējas paciņa

tea leaves (leaves of the tea plant, especially processed and dried)

vārīt, dzert tēju

tēja ar citronu

tējas glāze, tase

karsta, smaržīga, stipra tēja

zāļu tēja

aveņu tēja

liet tēju glāzes

pielikt tējai cukuru

tea (infusion of tea leaves, or of the leaves of other, similar plants)

ielūgt uz tēju

tea, tea party (a gathering or party where tea is served)


apelsīnu sula

apelsīnu sula (nominative singular)
apelsīnu sulas (nominative plural)
apelsīnu sulu (accusative singular)
apelsīnu sulas (accusative plural)
apelsīnu sulas (genitive singular)
apelsīnu sulu (genitive plural)
apelsīnu sulai (dative singular)
apelsīnu sulām (dative plural)
apelsīnu sulu (instrumental singular)
apelsīnu sulām (instrumental plural)
apelsīnu sulā (locative singular)
apelsīnu sulās (locative plural)
apelsīnu sula (singular vocative)
apelsīnu sulas (plural vocative)

svaigi spiesta apelsīnu sula

kādu labumu mums dod apelsīnu sula?

orange juice (the juice of orange fruits, consumed as a drink)


slaukt

head

slaukt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present slaucu, slauc, slauc, past slaucu)

conjugation (first-person)
slaucu (present)
slauc (present)
slaucu (past)
slaucu (first-person indicative present singular)
slaucu (first-person indicative past singular)
slaukšu (first-person future indicative singular)
slauc (indicative present second-person singular)
slauci (indicative past second-person singular)
slauksi (future indicative second-person singular)
slauc (imperative second-person singular)
slauc (indicative present singular third-person)
slauca (indicative past singular third-person)
slauks (future indicative singular third-person)
lai slauc (imperative singular third-person)
slaucam (first-person indicative plural present)
slaucām (first-person indicative past plural)
slauksim (first-person future indicative plural)
slauksim (first-person imperative plural)
slaucat (indicative plural present second-person)
slaucāt (indicative past plural second-person)
slauksiet (future indicative plural second-person)
slauksit (future indicative plural second-person)
slauciet (imperative plural second-person)
slauc (indicative plural present third-person)
slauca (indicative past plural third-person)
slauks (future indicative plural third-person)
lai slauc (imperative plural third-person)
slaucot (present renarrative)
slaucošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot slaucis (past renarrative)
slaukdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
slaukšot (future renarrative)
slaucot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai slaucot (imperative)
slaucam (active participle participle-4 present)
slaucis (active participle past)
slauktu (conditional present)
slaucams (participle passive present)
būtu slaucis (conditional past)
slaukts (participle passive past)
jāslauc (debitive indicative)
būt jāslauc (debitive indicative)
slaukt (infinitive)
esot jāslauc (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
neslaukt (infinitive negative)
jāslaucot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
slaukšana (noun-from-verb)

From the same stem as šļūkt (“to slide; to drag one's feet”), in a different ablaut grade: Proto-Baltic *slyauk-, *slauk-, from Proto-Indo-European *slewk-, *slowk- (“to slide”). (Some researchers derived it from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- ~ *ḱlōw- ~ *ḱlū- "to clean, to rinse.") The original meaning was “to slide, to drag, to wipe,” initially used to refer to the motion of the hands while milking. Cognates include Lithuanian sliaũkti (“to crawl; to slide; to cast off, to make slide; to wipe; to flow slowly”)

cog

slaukt govis, kazas

slaukt govis trīs reizes dienā

slaukt ar rokām

slaukt ar elektrisko slaukšanas aparātu

to milk with an electric milking machine

māte kūtī ar novēlošanos slauca govis, lai tad, kad no meža atnāks Kārlis, piens vēl būtu silts

mother late in the barn was milking the cows, so that, when Kārlis comes back from the forest, the milk would still be warm

“jāiet slaukt, varbūt naksi līdzi?...”, māte aicina, vilkdama kūts halātu un lūkodama piena traukus

“it's time to milk, maybe you'll come along?...” mother invited, putting on her barn clothes and looking at the milk containers

ārā vēl bija gaišs, kad Kažmuru Lonija iegāja kūti slaukt vakara pienu

there was still light when Lonija Kažmuri went into the barn to milk the night milk

to milk (to press milk out of a cow's udders)


punšs

punšs (nominative singular)
punši (nominative plural)
punšu (accusative singular)
punšus (accusative plural)
punša (genitive singular)
punšu (genitive plural)
punšam (dative singular)
punšiem (dative plural)
punšu (instrumental singular)
punšiem (instrumental plural)
punšā (locative singular)
punšos (locative plural)
punš (singular vocative)
punši (plural vocative)

From English punch, probably via German Punsch. Alternative historical forms: punšis, punčis. First attested use – 1803. In English from Hindi पाँच (pā̃c, “five”) denoting five ingredients the drink is supposedly made of, ultimately cognate with Latvian pieci among others.

no rīsa dedzina, it kā no rudziem mūsu brandvīnu, arīdzan to Arrak, ar ko Punč taisa

from rice [they are] burning (= distilling), like (we do) from rye our Branntwein (= vodka), also this arrack with which punch is made.

(...) tad nu lasa grāmatas, dzer punšus, smēķē (..)

then (one ends up) reading books, drinking punches, smoking (...)


apinis

apinis (nominative singular)
apiņi (nominative plural)
apini (accusative singular)
apiņus (accusative plural)
apiņa (genitive singular)
apiņu (genitive plural)
apinim (dative singular)
apiņiem (dative plural)
apini (instrumental singular)
apiņiem (instrumental plural)
apinī (locative singular)
apiņos (locative plural)
apini (singular vocative)
apiņi (plural vocative)

From the same source as the verb vīt (“to wind, to wreathe”) (q.v.), with an extra prefix ap- and suffix -ni̯o, leading to *apvīnis > apīnis, apinis (the disappearance of v after p is sporadically attested elsewhere; cf. apaļš < *apval-); the original meaning was probably “woven one.” The variant with a short i probably resulted from the influence of words containing the suffix -enis, -inis (e.g., putenis, dialectal putinis). Cognates include Lithuanian apynỹs, dialectal apvynỹs.

meža, dārza apiņi

apiņu stīgas

šķīt apiņus

pielikt alum apiņus

apiņi alus darīšanai

Ļoti labi dzīvžogam vai ēkas fasādes apzaļošanai var izmantot parastos apiņus

it is quite possible to use common hops to make hedges or building façades

Humulus lupulus
Humulus lupulus#Translingual

(chiefly plural) hops (plant, esp. Humulus lupulus, with cones used in the beer industry and in medicine; the cones of this plant)


dzēriens

dzēriens (nominative singular)
dzērieni (nominative plural)
dzērienu (accusative singular)
dzērienus (accusative plural)
dzēriena (genitive singular)
dzērienu (genitive plural)
dzērienam (dative singular)
dzērieniem (dative plural)
dzērienu (instrumental singular)
dzērieniem (instrumental plural)
dzērienā (locative singular)
dzērienos (locative plural)
dzērien (singular vocative)
dzērieni (plural vocative)

From dzert (past stem: dzēr-) (“to drink”) + -iens.

suffix

ābolu dzēriens

raudzēta peina dzēriens

atspirdzinošs, dzirkstošs dzēriens

alkoholisks, bezalkoholisks dzēriens

reibinošs dzēriens

gatavot dzērienu no sulām

es dzeru siltu dzērienu: kafuju, kakao, tēju vai arī pienu

I drink a hot drink: coffee, chocolate, tea or also milk

dzērienu un vircoto ēdienu aromāts padarīja gaisu smagu

the aroma of drink and spicy food made the air heavy

drink, beverage (a liquid made for consumption by living beings)


šņabis

šņabis (nominative singular)
šņabji (nominative plural)
šņabi (accusative singular)
šņabjus (accusative plural)
šņabja (genitive singular)
šņabju (genitive plural)
šņabim (dative singular)
šņabjiem (dative plural)
šņabi (instrumental singular)
šņabjiem (instrumental plural)
šņabī (locative singular)
šņabjos (locative plural)
šņabi (singular vocative)
šņabji (plural vocative)

zāļu šņabis

plūmju šņabis

šņabja kokteiļi

spirit (distilled beverage), liquor (especially vodka or schnapps)


kokteilis

kokteilis (nominative singular)
kokteiļi (nominative plural)
kokteili (accusative singular)
kokteiļus (accusative plural)
kokteiļa (genitive singular)
kokteiļu (genitive plural)
kokteilim (dative singular)
kokteiļiem (dative plural)
kokteili (instrumental singular)
kokteiļiem (instrumental plural)
kokteilī (locative singular)
kokteiļos (locative plural)
kokteili (singular vocative)
kokteiļi (plural vocative)

zāļu kokteilis


degvīns

degvīns (nominative singular)
degvīni (nominative plural)
degvīnu (accusative singular)
degvīnus (accusative plural)
degvīna (genitive singular)
degvīnu (genitive plural)
degvīnam (dative singular)
degvīniem (dative plural)
degvīnu (instrumental singular)
degvīniem (instrumental plural)
degvīnā (locative singular)
degvīnos (locative plural)
degvīn (singular vocative)
degvīni (plural vocative)

From the deg- stem of degt (“to burn”, verb) + vīns (“wine”).


alus darītava

alus darītava (nominative singular)
alus darītavas (nominative plural)
alus darītavu (accusative singular)
alus darītavas (accusative plural)
alus darītavas (genitive singular)
alus darītavu (genitive plural)
alus darītavai (dative singular)
alus darītavām (dative plural)
alus darītavu (instrumental singular)
alus darītavām (instrumental plural)
alus darītavā (locative singular)
alus darītavās (locative plural)
alus darītava (singular vocative)
alus darītavas (plural vocative)

From alus (“beer”) (in genitive case) + darīt (“to make”) + -ava (noun-forming suffix).


viskijs

viskijs (nominative singular)
viskiji (nominative plural)
viskiju (accusative singular)
viskijus (accusative plural)
viskija (genitive singular)
viskiju (genitive plural)
viskijam (dative singular)
viskijiem (dative plural)
viskiju (instrumental singular)
viskijiem (instrumental plural)
viskijā (locative singular)
viskijos (locative plural)
viskij (singular vocative)
viskiji (plural vocative)


liķieris

liķieris (nominative singular)
liķieri (nominative plural)
liķieri (accusative singular)
liķierus (accusative plural)
liķiera (genitive singular)
liķieru (genitive plural)
liķierim (dative singular)
liķieriem (dative plural)
liķieri (instrumental singular)
liķieriem (instrumental plural)
liķierī (locative singular)
liķieros (locative plural)
liķieri (singular vocative)
liķieri (plural vocative)


šampanietis

šampanietis (nominative singular)
šampanieši (nominative plural)
šampanieti (accusative singular)
šampaniešus (accusative plural)
šampanieša (genitive singular)
šampaniešu (genitive plural)
šampanietim (dative singular)
šampaniešiem (dative plural)
šampanieti (instrumental singular)
šampaniešiem (instrumental plural)
šampanietī (locative singular)
šampaniešos (locative plural)
šampanieti (singular vocative)
šampanieši (plural vocative)


baltvīns

baltvīns (nominative singular)
baltvīni (nominative plural)
baltvīnu (accusative singular)
baltvīnus (accusative plural)
baltvīna (genitive singular)
baltvīnu (genitive plural)
baltvīnam (dative singular)
baltvīniem (dative plural)
baltvīnu (instrumental singular)
baltvīniem (instrumental plural)
baltvīnā (locative singular)
baltvīnos (locative plural)
baltvīn (singular vocative)
baltvīni (plural vocative)


sarkanvīns

sarkanvīns (nominative singular)
sarkanvīni (nominative plural)
sarkanvīnu (accusative singular)
sarkanvīnus (accusative plural)
sarkanvīna (genitive singular)
sarkanvīnu (genitive plural)
sarkanvīnam (dative singular)
sarkanvīniem (dative plural)
sarkanvīnu (instrumental singular)
sarkanvīniem (instrumental plural)
sarkanvīnā (locative singular)
sarkanvīnos (locative plural)
sarkanvīn (singular vocative)
sarkanvīni (plural vocative)