Definify.com

Definition 2024


akmens

akmens

Latvian

Akmens

Noun

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

  1. stone, rock (non-metallic solid mineral; a piece of such mineral)
    ass, šķautņaina akmens ― sharp, angular stone
    akmens šķembas ― crushed stone
    akmens slabs, plāksnestone pillar, plate
    akmens klons, sienas, bruģisstone floor, walls, pavement
    mest akmeni ― to throw a stone
    lauzt akmeņus ― to break stones, rocks
    smags ka akmens ― heavy as a rock
    ciets ka akmens ― hard as a rock
    krīt ka akmens ― to fall like a rock
    akmens laikmets ― the stone age (in prehistory)
  2. (in the genitive, used as adjective) hard; indifferent, unfeeling, unrelenting, unshakable
    akmens sirds ― heart of stone
    gleznotājs ar nekustīgu akmens seju bija atlaidies atzveltnes krēslā ― the painter with the immobile, stone face had let himself down on the armchair
  3. precious stone, also an imitation of a precious stone
    rets akmens ― rare (gem)stone
    īsti akmeņi ― real, genuine (gem)stone
    gredzens ar akmeni ― ring with a (precious) stone
    pulkstenis ar piecpadsmit akmeņiem ― a clock with fifteen gems
  4. (medicine, anatomy) stone, calculus (a hard, usually saline, formation in the body)
    žults akmeņi ― gall stones
    zobu akmens, zobakmens ― tartar (lit. teeth stone)
    nieru akmeņi veidojas nieru bļodiņās ― kidney stones are formed in the renal pelvis
  5. residue left in certain objects
    katla akmens ― boiler stone (= mineral deposits on boiler walls resulting from boiling water)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

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