Latvian

Adjective

sekls (def. seklais, comp. seklāks, sup. visseklākais; adv. sekli)

1. (of water, holes, etc.; also objects, containers) shallow (having little depth)

   sekla vieta ezerā‎ ― shallow place in a lake

   sekla peļķe‎ ― shallow puddle

   sekla upe‎ ― shallow river

   sekls grāvis‎ ― shallow ditch

   seklais šķīvis‎ ― shallow plate

   sekla bļoda‎ ― shallow bowl

   brūces izrādījās seklas‎ ― the wounds turned out to be shallow

   seklā kūts‎ ― shallow barn (without a manure storage space)

2. shallow (located, moving, penetrating not far from the surface of something)

   sekls urbums‎ ― shallow (bore)hole, well, perforation

   koki ar seklu sakņu sistēma‎ ― trees with a shallow root system

3. (of breath, breathing) shallow (involving relatively little air)

   elpošana kļūst sekla, ja ilgi strādā sēdot'‎ ― breathing becomes shallow' if one works sitting for a long time

4. shallow (having no deeper content or feeling, not addressing the essence, superficial)

   sekls spriedums‎ ― shallow judgment

   seklas izpriecas, jūtas‎ ― shallow pleasures, feelings

   sekla luga‎ ― shallow (theater) play

Declension

Antonyms

• dziļš

Derived terms

• seklība
• seklums

Related terms

• sēklis

See also

• brasls

References

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