Latvian

Adjective

šķidrs (def. šķidrais, comp. šķidrāks, sup. visšķidrākais; adv. šķidri)

1. (physics) liquid (in a state of matter such that it can flow and take the form of its container)

   šķidra viela‎ ― liquid substance

   pārvēst vielu šķidrā agregātstāvoklī‎ ― to convert a subtance to liquid state

   šķidrā degviela, šķidrais kurināmais‎ ― liquid fuel

   šķidrais stikls‎ ― liquid glass

   šķidrie minerālmēsli‎ ― liquid mineral fertilizer

   šķidrie nokrišņi‎ ― liquid precipitation (rainfall)

   šķidrs hēlijs‎ ― liquid helium

2. (of mixtures) liquid, thin (composed mostly of liquids, having relatively little solid parts)

   šķidra putra, zupa‎ ― liquid, thin porridge, soup

3. (colloquial, of hair, plumage, foliage, vegetation) thin, sparse

   šķidrie, gaišie mati‎ ― thin, light hair

   tajā dzīvoja vecs jakuts ar šķidru bārdiņu‎ ― there lived an old Yakut with a thin little beard

   krūmi aplokā gan nobiruši un šķidri'‎ ― the bushes in the yard were rather fallen and thin (= had few leaves)

4. (colloquial, of fabric, cloth) thin, worn off

   seju klāj šķidrs zīda lakatiņš‎ ― a thin silk veil covered (her) face

   lētais audums kļuvis pavisam šķidrs‎ ― the cheap fabric has become (after washing) really thin

5. (colloquial, of groups of people) thin, sparse (with members relatively far from each other)

   pūlis pavisam mazs un šķidrs kļuvis‎ ― the crowd became small and thin

6. (colloquial, of clouds, smoke, etc.) thin (having low density)

   reti bālganzili, šķidrs mākonīši‎ ― a few rare pale bluish thin little clouds

7. (colloquial) thin, (scattered) few, not much, unimpressive, not good

   aplausi bija šķidri‎ ― the applause was thin

   šie man prasa: “kā ar mācībām?” “šķidri”, es saku‎ ― they ask me: “how about your training?” “thin” (= bad), I answer

Declension

Synonyms

• (of hair, groups of people): rets
• (of hair, fabric, mixtures): plāns

Antonyms

• (of "state of matter"): ciets (“solid”), gāzveidīgs (“gaseous”)
• (of "thin"): biezs, blīvs

Derived terms

• šķidrums

References

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