slaiks

From the same stem as slieka (“earthworm”) (q.v.): Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“humid, mucous, sticky, slippery, smooth”). The semantic evolution was probably “sticky, slippery” > “smooth” > “thin” > “tall, slender”.[1]

• IPA^(key): [slaîks]

slaiks (definite slaikais, comparative slaikāks, superlative visslaikākais, adverb slaiki)

1. (of people, body parts) tall, slender, slim

   slaiks, gaišmatains puisis ― slender, fair-haired guy

   viņa bija skaista, slaika meita ar tumšbrūniem matiem ― she was a beautiful, slender girl with dark brown hair

2. (of trees, their trunks) slender (with a tall, straight trunk without branches)

   slaikas priedes ― tall, slender pine trees

   kokiem slaiki stumbri ― the trees (have) tall, slender trunks

3. (of plants) slender, straight (having straight stems)

   ceriņi, trausli un slaiki ― lilacs, delicate and slender

4. (of objects) slender, slim (thin and relatively tall, high)

   slaiks tornis ― high, slender tower

   'slaikas sveces ― tall, slender candles

5. (of movements) broad

   iet ar slaiku soli ― to go with broad step(s)

   lidmašīna apmeta slaiku loku ― the airplane made a broad circle

• slaids

• slaikums