Noun: zaglis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | zaglis |
| Accusative | zagli |
| Genitive | zagļa |
| Dative | zaglim |
| Instrumental | zagli |
| Locative | zaglī |
| Vocative | zagli |
Plural
| Nominative | zagļi |
| Accusative | zagļus |
| Genitive | zagļu |
| Dative | zagļiem |
| Instrumental | zagļiem |
| Locative | zagļos |
| Vocative | zagļi |
Sample Sentences
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kabatas zaglis, kabatzaglis (pickpocket (lit. pocket thief))
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sīks zaglis (small thief)
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rūdīts zaglis (hardened thief)
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zagļu žargons (thieves' slang)
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zagļu banda (mob (lit. gang of thieves))
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ķert zagli (to catch a thief)
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dzīties pakaļ zagļiem (to chase the thieves)
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kādā citā vietā zagļi bija caur jumtu ietikuši stallī un izvedusi zirgus (somewhere else thieves had entered into the stable through the roof and taken the horses away)
Nouns inflected like zaglis
seklis,
skaitlis,
vēdeklis,
ķeblis,
vēceklis,
krauklis,
sēklis,
bacilis,
skrimslis,
pedālis,
zaglis,
numerālis,
uzgalis,
portugālis,
spieģelis,
paeglis,
kabatzaglis,
gaismeklis,
cīrulis,
sabulis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From the same stem as zagt (“to steal”) (q.v.), with an extra l, and made into a masculine, 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).
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