plīts

See also: plits

Latvian

Plīts

Alternative forms

Etymology

A borrowing from Baltic German Pliete, itself a borrowing from Russian плита́ (plitá, “stove”). This word is related to Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [plīːts]

Noun

plīts f (6th declension)

  1. stove, cooker (a heating device with burners for cooking food)
    malkas, gāzes, elektriskā plīts ― wood-burning, gas, electric stove
    bāzt plītī malku ― to put wood into the stove
    podiņu plīts ― tiled stove
    karsta plīts ― hot stove
    plīts kurtuve ― stove burner
    iekurināt plīti ― to heat the stove

Declension

See also

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “plīts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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