zaglis

From the same stem as zagt (“to steal”) (q.v.), with an extra l, and made into a masculine, 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).[1]

• IPA^(key): [zaɡlis]

zaglis m (2nd declension, feminine form: zagle)

1. (male) thief (a man who carries out thefts)

   kabatas zaglis, kabatzaglis ― pickpocket (lit. pocket thief)

   sīks zaglis ― small thief

   rūdīts zaglis ― hardened thief

   zagļu žargons ― thieves' slang

   zagļu banda ― mob (lit. gang of thieves)

   ķert zagli ― to catch a thief

   dzīties pakaļ zagļiem ― to chase the thieves

   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

• zaglība
• zaglīgs, zaglīgums

• zādzība
• zagšus
• zagt