"cilts" meaning in Latvian

See cilts in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tsîlts] Audio: lv-riga-cilts.ogg
Etymology: From an older, obsolete verb cilt (“to rise”), or perhaps, via ablaut, from celt (“to raise, to lift, to build”). The meaning of cilt, “to rise,” is linked to that of “to appear, to originate, to be born;” the original being thus changed from “(where) one rises, is born” to “tribe.” Cognates include Lithuanian kilti̇̀s. Etymology templates: {{cog|lt|kiltìs}} Lithuanian kilti̇̀s Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} cilts f, {{lv-noun|f|6th}} cilts f (6th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|cil|s|6th||t|š|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-6|cil|s|4=|5=t|6=š|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|cilts|ciltis|cilti|ciltis|cilts|cilšu|ciltij|ciltīm|cilti|ciltīm|ciltī|ciltīs|cilts|ciltis|type=6th|x=-60}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cilts [nominative, singular], ciltis [nominative, plural], cilts [genitive, singular], cilšu [genitive, plural], ciltij [dative, singular], ciltīm [dative, plural], cilti [accusative, singular], ciltis [accusative, plural], cilti [instrumental, singular], ciltīm [instrumental, plural], ciltī [locative, singular], ciltīs [locative, plural], cilts [singular, vocative], ciltis [plural, vocative]
  1. tribe (group of people with a primitive type of social organization) Tags: declension-6, feminine
    Sense id: en-cilts-lv-noun-~Me2BL01 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian words with broken intonation, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anthropology Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 57 21 23 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 62 20 19 Disambiguation of Latvian words with broken intonation: 49 32 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 11 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 20 26 Disambiguation of Anthropology: 60 33 7
  2. a group of relatives with a common origin or ancestor, a clan, family Tags: declension-6, feminine
    Sense id: en-cilts-lv-noun-P5pL03Cb Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 26 74 0
  3. (poetic) a group of people united by common ideals, activities, goals Tags: declension-6, feminine, poetic
    Sense id: en-cilts-lv-noun-CsEhGaLB

Inflected forms

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          "clan",
          "clan"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-6",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian poetic terms",
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ],
            [
              22,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the human tribe, humankind",
          "text": "cilvēku cilts",
          "translation": "the human tribe, humankind",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a group of people united by common ideals, activities, goals"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "ideal",
          "ideal"
        ],
        [
          "activities",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) a group of people united by common ideals, activities, goals"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-6",
        "feminine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tsîlts]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "lv-riga-cilts.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/Lv-riga-cilts.ogg/Lv-riga-cilts.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Lv-riga-cilts.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cilts"
}

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