Latvian

Sirpis (1)

Mēness sirpis (2)

Noun

sirpis m (2nd declension)

1. sickle (hand tool with a semicircular blade used for cutting grass, cereals, etc.)

   sirpis un āmurs‎ ― hammer and sickle (Communist symbol)

   no rīta noskrien septiņas verstis līdz kunga druvai, ar sirpi nopļauj pūrvietu rudzu‎ ― in the morning she ran seven leagues to get to (her) lord's corn fields, (and) with a sickle she mowed the rye

2. crescent (an object or arrangement, especially the moon, in the form of a sickle, with tapering extremities)

   mēness sirpis‎ ― moon crescent (lit. moon sickle)

   katrā mēnesī ir tikai viena pati reize, kad vakarstundā rietumu debesīs parādās jaunā mēness tievais un smailais sirpis‎ ― every month there is only one time when, at night, in the western sky, the thin, pointed crescent (sickle) of the new moon appears

Declension

See also

• pļaut
• izkapts

References

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