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dancis

dancis

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Verb

dancis

  1. past of danci

Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dāntsis]

Noun

dancis m (2nd declension)

  1. (dated) dance (the act of dancing; the art of dancing; a style of dancing)
    ej un lūdz uz danci veco Kaču ― go and invite the old Kaču to the dance
    pēc dāmu polkas bija garāka pauze... pagāja vēl vairāk danču, un Ilze mežsarga nepamanīja ― after the ladies' polka there was a longer pause... there were more dances going on, and Ilze did not notice the forester
  2. (ethnography) Latvian traditional, folkloric dances
    garais dancis ― the leap (lit. long) dance
    dejot krusta danci ― to dance the cross dance
    es šajā dancī tik un tā nepiedalīšos ― I will not participate like that in this (traditional) dance

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