Latvian

Šķīvji

Alternative forms

• (obsolete forms) šķīva, šķīve

Noun

šķīvis m (2nd declension)

1. dish, plate (round, rarely oval, usually flat bowl for serving food; its contents)

   māla, porcelāna, plastmasas šķīvji‎ ― clay, porcelain, plastic dishes

   dziļais, seklais šķīvis‎ ― deep, shallow plate

   zupas, maizes šķīvis‎ ― soup, bread plate

   sienas šķīvis‎ ― wall plate

   liet zupu šķīvī‎ ― to pour soup on the plate

   notīrīt šķīvi‎ ― to clean the plate (i.e., to eat all the food on the plate)

   izēst divus šķīvjus‎ ― to eat two plates

2. (music, chiefly plural) cymbals, brass plates (percussion instrument consisting of two metal disks)

   es situ šķīvjus visos jaunatnes simfoniskā orķestra koncertos‎ ― I play (lit. hit) the cymbals in all youth symphonic orchestra concerts

3. (chiefly in the plural) plates (machinery part, a curved metal plate)

   ecēšu šķīvji‎ ― harrow plates

   siltummaiņa šķīvji‎ ― heat exchanger plates

Declension

Synonyms

• (obsolete terms) tallerķis, telerķis, telēķis

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “šķīvis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7