kija

kija (nominative singular)
kijas (nominative plural)
kiju (accusative singular)
kijas (accusative plural)
kijas (genitive singular)
kiju (genitive plural)
kijai (dative singular)
kijām (dative plural)
kiju (instrumental singular)
kijām (instrumental plural)
kijā (locative singular)
kijās (locative plural)
kija (singular vocative)
kijas (plural vocative)

zāles galā atrodu biljarda galdu un ņemu rokā kiju

at the end of the room I find the billiard table and I take the cue in my hand(s)

pusdienas pārtraukumā viens otrs... pacilāja novusa kiju

during the lunch break... one or the other lifted the novuss cue

(sports, billiards, snooker) cue (long stick with a pointy end used in certain games, especially pool or billiards)


disks

disks (nominative singular)
diski (nominative plural)
disku (accusative singular)
diskus (accusative plural)
diska (genitive singular)
disku (genitive plural)
diskam (dative singular)
diskiem (dative plural)
disku (instrumental singular)
diskiem (instrumental plural)
diskā (locative singular)
diskos (locative plural)
disk (singular vocative)
diski (plural vocative)

diska mešana


tilts

tilts (nominative singular)
tilti (nominative plural)
tiltu (accusative singular)
tiltus (accusative plural)
tilta (genitive singular)
tiltu (genitive plural)
tiltam (dative singular)
tiltiem (dative plural)
tiltu (instrumental singular)
tiltiem (instrumental plural)
tiltā (locative singular)
tiltos (locative plural)
tilt (singular vocative)
tilti (plural vocative)

Originally the past participle of an earlier verb *telt, parallel form *tilt, from Proto-Baltic *tel-, *til-, from Proto-Indo-European *tel-, *stel- (“to spread, to spread out”), whence also Latvian telpa (“space, room”). The original meaning was therefore “(that which is) spread out”, from which “(path, road) covered with intertwined, interlaced branches, logs” (a meaning still attested in folk songs) and then “bridge.” Cognates include Lithuanian tìltas; elsewhere, the stem *tel-, *stel- led to notions like “smooth base, floor, board:” Lithuanian dialectal tìlė (“a boat's bottom plank”), Old Prussian talus (“floor”), Proto-Slavic *tьlo (“base, floor”) (Old Church Slavonic тьло (tĭlo), Russian, Ukrainian тло (tlo), Czech tla (“floor”), Polish tło (“base, background”), Upper Sorbian tło (“floor, base, bottom”)), Old Irish talam (“earth”) (< *tlə-mo-), Proto-Germanic *þiliz (“board, plank”) (Old Norse þil, þili (“plank wall”), þilja (“floor, plank”), þel (“base, floor”), Old High German dil, dilo (“plank wall, floor”), dilla (“board, floor, ship deck”), German Diele (“plank”)), Sanskrit तलम् (talam, “plain, flat surface; palm”), Ancient Greek τήλιᾱ (tḗliā, “game table, board”), Albanian tullë (“brick”),
Latin tellūs (“earth”) (< *telnos), Ossetian тӕрхӕг (tærxæg, “bench”).

cog

jau trešajā minūtē Hervigs bija tiltā un ar grūtībām izgriezās

as early as the third minute Hervigs was in a bridge and wrung itself out (of it) with difficulty

(sports, martial arts) bridge position, backbend (position of the body in which the raised back rests on the hands (or nape) and feet touching the floor)


loks

loks (nominative singular)
loki (nominative plural)
loku (accusative singular)
lokus (accusative plural)
loka (genitive singular)
loku (genitive plural)
lokam (dative singular)
lokiem (dative plural)
loku (instrumental singular)
lokiem (instrumental plural)
lokā (locative singular)
lokos (locative plural)
lok (singular vocative)
loki (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”). From the same stem as the Latvian verb liekt (“to bend, to flex”) (q.v.), but with the vowel changed as in the iterative locīt (“to fold”). Cognates include Lithuanian lañkas (“shaft bow, (barrel) hoop, (road) bend, (shooting) bow, circle”).

uzvilkt loku

loka šaušana

loka šāvējs

loks senlatviešiem, šķiet, bijis vairāk medību ierocis un kā patstāvīgs cīņas ierocis mazāk lietots

the bow of the ancient Latvians, it seems, was more used as a hunting weapon and less as a stand-alone fighting weapon

(archery) bolt (hand weapon for throwing arrows)


bumba

bumba (nominative singular)
bumbas (nominative plural)
bumbu (accusative singular)
bumbas (accusative plural)
bumbas (genitive singular)
bumbu (genitive plural)
bumbai (dative singular)
bumbām (dative plural)
bumbu (instrumental singular)
bumbām (instrumental plural)
bumbā (locative singular)
bumbās (locative plural)
bumba (singular vocative)
bumbas (plural vocative)

gumijas, ādas bumba

futbola, basketbola, volejbola bumba

tenisa bumba

piesūknēt bumbu

rotaļāties ar bumbu

mest bumbu

bumba atlec no zemes

apaļs kā bumba

(sports) ball (globe of flexible material, for playing, for sports, for gymnastics)


tīkls

tīkls (nominative singular)
tīkli (nominative plural)
tīklu (accusative singular)
tīklus (accusative plural)
tīkla (genitive singular)
tīklu (genitive plural)
tīklam (dative singular)
tīkliem (dative plural)
tīklu (instrumental singular)
tīkliem (instrumental plural)
tīklā (locative singular)
tīklos (locative plural)
tīkl (singular vocative)
tīkli (plural vocative)

zvejas tīkls

mest tīklu ezerā

(fishing) net, a mesh-like device for fishing


spēle

spēle (nominative singular)
spēles (nominative plural)
spēli (accusative singular)
spēles (accusative plural)
spēles (genitive singular)
spēļu (genitive plural)
spēlei (dative singular)
spēlēm (dative plural)
spēli (instrumental singular)
spēlēm (instrumental plural)
spēlē (locative singular)
spēlēs (locative plural)
spēle (singular vocative)
spēles (plural vocative)

Likely from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.

Līdz volejbola spēli beigām atlikušas tikai 10 minūtes.

There are only 10 minutes left until the volleyball match ends.


veseris

veseris (nominative singular)
veseri (nominative plural)
veseri (accusative singular)
veserus (accusative plural)
vesera (genitive singular)
veseru (genitive plural)
veserim (dative singular)
veseriem (dative plural)
veseri (instrumental singular)
veseriem (instrumental plural)
veserī (locative singular)
veseros (locative plural)
veseri (singular vocative)
veseri (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Livonian vazār, or from Estonian vasar.

vesera mešana

vesera metējs

(sports) (heavy steel ball attached to a wire, used for throwing)


burtnīca

burtnīca (nominative singular)
burtnīcas (nominative plural)
burtnīcu (accusative singular)
burtnīcas (accusative plural)
burtnīcas (genitive singular)
burtnīcu (genitive plural)
burtnīcai (dative singular)
burtnīcām (dative plural)
burtnīcu (instrumental singular)
burtnīcām (instrumental plural)
burtnīcā (locative singular)
burtnīcās (locative plural)
burtnīca (singular vocative)
burtnīcas (plural vocative)

From burts (“letter”) + -nīca. A neologism by Atis Kronvalds, proposed in 1869 in the form burtnīce, but since 1870, by K. Valdemārs' influence, as burtnīca.

salikt loksnes burtnīcā

(bookbinding) quire (set of folded sheets of paper stitched together)


paklājs

paklājs (nominative singular)
paklāji (nominative plural)
paklāju (accusative singular)
paklājus (accusative plural)
paklāja (genitive singular)
paklāju (genitive plural)
paklājam (dative singular)
paklājiem (dative plural)
paklāju (instrumental singular)
paklājiem (instrumental plural)
paklājā (locative singular)
paklājos (locative plural)
paklāj (singular vocative)
paklāji (plural vocative)

From pa- + klājs (“deck (of ship)”), with klājs (q.v.) being an irregular nominal form of klāt (“to cover”).

cīnas paklājs

(sports) mat (a floor covering, especially in martial arts, designed to protect the athletes from injury during training and competitions)


centrēt

head

centrēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present centrēju, centrē, centrē, past centrēju)

conjugation (second-person)
centrēju (present)
centrē (present)
centrēju (past)
centrēju (first-person indicative present singular)
centrēju (first-person indicative past singular)
centrēšu (first-person future indicative singular)
centrē (indicative present second-person singular)
centrēji (indicative past second-person singular)
centrēsi (future indicative second-person singular)
centrē (imperative second-person singular)
centrē (indicative present singular third-person)
centrēja (indicative past singular third-person)
centrēs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai centrē (imperative singular third-person)
centrējam (first-person indicative plural present)
centrējām (first-person indicative past plural)
centrēsim (first-person future indicative plural)
centrēsim (first-person imperative plural)
centrējat (indicative plural present second-person)
centrējāt (indicative past plural second-person)
centrēsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
centrēsit (future indicative plural second-person)
centrējiet (imperative plural second-person)
centrē (indicative plural present third-person)
centrēja (indicative past plural third-person)
centrēs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai centrē (imperative plural third-person)
centrējot (present renarrative)
centrējošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot centrējis (past renarrative)
centrēdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
centrēšot (future renarrative)
centrējot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai centrējot (imperative)
centrējam (active participle participle-4 present)
centrējis (active participle past)
centrētu (conditional present)
centrējams (participle passive present)
būtu centrējis (conditional past)
centrēts (participle passive past)
jācentrē (debitive indicative)
būt jācentrē (debitive indicative)
centrēt (infinitive)
esot jācentrē (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
necentrēt (infinitive negative)
jācentrējot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
centrēšana (noun-from-verb)

From centrs, made into a 2nd-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).

(sports) to send the ball back to the center of the field


rezultatīvs

rezultatīvs (definite rezultatīvais, comparative rezultatīvāks, superlative visrezultatīvākais, adverb rezultatīvi)

rezultatīvais (definite)
rezultatīvāks (comparative)
visrezultatīvākais (superlative)
rezultatīvi (adverb)
rezultatīvs (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
rezultatīvi (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
rezultatīva (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
rezultatīvas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
rezultatīvu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
rezultatīvus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
rezultatīvu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
rezultatīvas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
rezultatīva (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
rezultatīvu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
rezultatīvas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
rezultatīvu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
rezultatīvam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
rezultatīviem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
rezultatīvai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
rezultatīvām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
rezultatīvu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
rezultatīviem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
rezultatīvu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
rezultatīvām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
rezultatīvā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
rezultatīvos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
rezultatīvā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
rezultatīvās (feminine indefinite locative plural)

From rezultāts (“result”) + -īvs. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.

mačs ritēja dramatiski: četras no sēšām šaha partijām beidzās rezultatīvi

the competition went dramatically: four of six chess matches ended successfully (i.e., without draws)

(sports, games) successful (having a result that is not a draw)


bloķēt

bloķēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present bloķēju, bloķē, bloķē, past bloķēju)

conjugation (second-person)
bloķēju (present)
bloķē (present)
bloķēju (past)
bloķēju (first-person indicative present singular)
bloķēju (first-person indicative past singular)
bloķēšu (first-person future indicative singular)
bloķē (indicative present second-person singular)
bloķēji (indicative past second-person singular)
bloķēsi (future indicative second-person singular)
bloķē (imperative second-person singular)
bloķē (indicative present singular third-person)
bloķēja (indicative past singular third-person)
bloķēs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai bloķē (imperative singular third-person)
bloķējam (first-person indicative plural present)
bloķējām (first-person indicative past plural)
bloķēsim (first-person future indicative plural)
bloķēsim (first-person imperative plural)
bloķējat (indicative plural present second-person)
bloķējāt (indicative past plural second-person)
bloķēsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
bloķēsit (future indicative plural second-person)
bloķējiet (imperative plural second-person)
bloķē (indicative plural present third-person)
bloķēja (indicative past plural third-person)
bloķēs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai bloķē (imperative plural third-person)
bloķējot (present renarrative)
bloķējošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot bloķējis (past renarrative)
bloķēdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
bloķēšot (future renarrative)
bloķējot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai bloķējot (imperative)
bloķējam (active participle participle-4 present)
bloķējis (active participle past)
bloķētu (conditional present)
bloķējams (participle passive present)
būtu bloķējis (conditional past)
bloķēts (participle passive past)
jābloķē (debitive indicative)
būt jābloķē (debitive indicative)
bloķēt (infinitive)
esot jābloķē (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nebloķēt (infinitive negative)
jābloķējot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
bloķēšana (noun-from-verb)

Via other European languages, apparently ultimately borrowed from French bloquer (“to block”), itself a borrowing from Germanic (cf. German Block, Dutch blok, English block).

(sports) to block (to stop, to prevent the ball or an opponent from moving further)


futbols

futbols (nominative singular)
futboli (nominative plural)
futbolu (accusative singular)
futbolus (accusative plural)
futbola (genitive singular)
futbolu (genitive plural)
futbolam (dative singular)
futboliem (dative plural)
futbolu (instrumental singular)
futboliem (instrumental plural)
futbolā (locative singular)
futbolos (locative plural)
futbol (singular vocative)
futboli (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English football, from Middle English fotbal, footbal.

(sports) football (sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team; mainly referring to association football)

association football
association football

(sports) association football, soccer, football


kārts

kārts (nominative singular)
kārtis (nominative plural)
kārti (accusative singular)
kārtis (accusative plural)
kārts (genitive singular)
kāršu (genitive plural)
kārtij (dative singular)
kārtīm (dative plural)
kārti (instrumental singular)
kārtīm (instrumental plural)
kārtī (locative singular)
kārtīs (locative plural)
kārts (singular vocative)
kārtis (plural vocative)

According to the most widespread view, kārts is a nominal form of the stem of the verb kārt “to hang” (q.v.), in which case its original meaning was “hanging (piece of wood),” or maybe “piece of wood from which something hangs.” Another hypothesis derives kārts from the same stem as cirst “to chop wood,” i.e. Proto-Baltic *kart-, *kirt-, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- “to cut” with an extra -t, in which case the original meaning would have been “cut, chopped (piece of wood).” Note, however, that the latter hypothesis does not explain the level tone in kārsts (cirst has falling tone), whereas the former does (kārt, like kārts, has level tone). Cognates include Lithuanian kártis, Old Prussian kartans.

tagad, izrādās, vairs nepietiek tikai ar kārts atbilstību sportista augumam un svaram

now, it turns out, the support of the pole is no longer enough for the height and weight of the athlete...

(sports, athletics) pole used in pole vault competitions


aizsardze

lv-noun

aizsardze f (5th declension, masculine form: aizsargs)

aizsargs (masculine)
aizsardze (nominative singular)
aizsardzes (nominative plural)
aizsardzi (accusative singular)
aizsardzes (accusative plural)
aizsardzes (genitive singular)
aizsardžu (genitive plural)
aizsardzei (dative singular)
aizsardzēm (dative plural)
aizsardzi (instrumental singular)
aizsardzēm (instrumental plural)
aizsardzē (locative singular)
aizsardzēs (locative plural)
aizsardze (singular vocative)
aizsardzes (plural vocative)

(sports) defender (player whose main role is to prevent the opponent from scoring)


aizsargs

aizsargs m (1st declension, feminine form: aizsardze)

aizsardze (feminine)
aizsargs (nominative singular)
aizsargi (nominative plural)
aizsargu (accusative singular)
aizsargus (accusative plural)
aizsarga (genitive singular)
aizsargu (genitive plural)
aizsargam (dative singular)
aizsargiem (dative plural)
aizsargu (instrumental singular)
aizsargiem (instrumental plural)
aizsargā (locative singular)
aizsargos (locative plural)
aizsarg (singular vocative)
aizsargi (plural vocative)

lv:Aizsargs (basketbols)
lv:Aizsargs (futbols)
lv:Aizsargs (hokejs)
lv:aizsargs


daiļslidošana

daiļslidošana (nominative singular)
daiļslidošanas (nominative plural)
daiļslidošanu (accusative singular)
daiļslidošanas (accusative plural)
daiļslidošanas (genitive singular)
daiļslidošanu (genitive plural)
daiļslidošanai (dative singular)
daiļslidošanām (dative plural)
daiļslidošanu (instrumental singular)
daiļslidošanām (instrumental plural)
daiļslidošanā (locative singular)
daiļslidošanās (locative plural)
daiļslidošana (singular vocative)
daiļslidošanas (plural vocative)

From daiļa (“beautiful”) + slidošana (“skating”).


kapteinis

lv-noun

kapteinis m (2nd declension, feminine form: kapteine)

kapteine (feminine)
kapteinis (nominative singular)
kapteiņi (nominative plural)
kapteini (accusative singular)
kapteiņus (accusative plural)
kapteiņa (genitive singular)
kapteiņu (genitive plural)
kapteinim (dative singular)
kapteiņiem (dative plural)
kapteini (instrumental singular)
kapteiņiem (instrumental plural)
kapteinī (locative singular)
kapteiņos (locative plural)
kapteini (singular vocative)
kapteiņi (plural vocative)


rokasbumba

rokasbumba (nominative singular)
rokasbumbas (nominative plural)
rokasbumbu (accusative singular)
rokasbumbas (accusative plural)
rokasbumbas (genitive singular)
rokasbumbu (genitive plural)
rokasbumbai (dative singular)
rokasbumbām (dative plural)
rokasbumbu (instrumental singular)
rokasbumbām (instrumental plural)
rokasbumbā (locative singular)
rokasbumbās (locative plural)
rokasbumba (singular vocative)
rokasbumbas (plural vocative)

From rokas, genitive singular form of roka (“hand”) + bumba (“ball”).


policists

policists m (1st declension, feminine form: policiste)

policiste (feminine)
policists (nominative singular)
policisti (nominative plural)
policistu (accusative singular)
policistus (accusative plural)
policista (genitive singular)
policistu (genitive plural)
policistam (dative singular)
policistiem (dative plural)
policistu (instrumental singular)
policistiem (instrumental plural)
policistā (locative singular)
policistos (locative plural)
policist (singular vocative)
policisti (plural vocative)

(ice hockey) enforcer, policeman (player tasked with physically intimidating or confronting the opposition)


tauriņstils

tauriņstils (nominative singular)
tauriņstilu (accusative singular)
tauriņstila (genitive singular)
tauriņstilam (dative singular)
tauriņstilu (instrumental singular)
tauriņstilā (locative singular)
tauriņstil (singular vocative)


aizstāvis

aizstāvis m (2nd declension, feminine form: aizstāve)

aizstāve (feminine)
aizstāvis (nominative singular)
aizstāvji (nominative plural)
aizstāvi (accusative singular)
aizstāvjus (accusative plural)
aizstāvja (genitive singular)
aizstāvju (genitive plural)
aizstāvim (dative singular)
aizstāvjiem (dative plural)
aizstāvi (instrumental singular)
aizstāvjiem (instrumental plural)
aizstāvī (locative singular)
aizstāvjos (locative plural)
aizstāvi (singular vocative)
aizstāvji (plural vocative)


kājbumba

kājbumba (nominative singular)
kājbumbas (nominative plural)
kājbumbu (accusative singular)
kājbumbas (accusative plural)
kājbumbas (genitive singular)
kājbumbu (genitive plural)
kājbumbai (dative singular)
kājbumbām (dative plural)
kājbumbu (instrumental singular)
kājbumbām (instrumental plural)
kājbumbā (locative singular)
kājbumbās (locative plural)
kājbumba (singular vocative)
kājbumbas (plural vocative)

From kāja + bumba, a calque of English football.

(archaic, sports) association football, soccer, football

(sports) football, soccer ball (ball that is designed for use in the sport of soccer)