Noun: siekalas
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
Plural
| Nominative | siekalas |
| Accusative | siekalas |
| Genitive | siekalu |
| Dative | siekalām |
| Instrumental | siekalām |
| Locative | siekalās |
| Vocative | siekalas |
Sample Sentences
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siekalu dziedzeri (salivary glands)
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siekalu pilieni (saliva drops)
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siekalas saskrien mutē (saliva is flowing to (one's) mouth)
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izspļaut siekalas (to spit out saliva)
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siekalas tek (saliva is flowing (= one wants something very much))
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siekalas samitrina sauso uzturu un noskalo no mutes gļotādas kaitīgās un liekās vielas (saliva moistens the dry food and washes away harmful substances from the mouth surface)
Nouns inflected like siekalas
iekšlietas,
pļāpas,
vējdzirnavas,
pelavas,
aukslējas,
paniņas,
vējbakas,
derības,
plaušas,
paģiras,
garamantas,
skumjas,
Lieldienas,
briesmas,
siekalas,
zemlikas,
šaubas,
žagas,
lamatas,
aizdomas, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From the same stem as slieka (“earthworm”) (q.v.), with dissimilation (*sliekalas > siekalas); note dialectal forms like sliekas (“saliva”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“slimy, slippery, glide”).
2. The synonymous word slienas comes also from the same stem, but with an extra n instead of an extra k.
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