akls

From the same stem (Proto-Baltic *ak-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye, to see”)) as the earlier verb akt (cf. Lithuanian àkti (“to have eyes, to begin to see”); for some young animal offspring, also “to stop seeing”), from which it is an adjectival form with an extra l. Note the apparently strange polysemy “begin to see” vs. “stop seeing” in the Lithuanian cognate, probably already present in Proto-Baltic; the semantic connection is probably “having eyes” > “having something on one's eyes” > “having eye problems” > “becoming blind.” Cognates include Lithuanian ãklas.[1]

• IPA^(key): [akls]

akls (aklais comparative, aklāks superlative, visaklākais adverb, akli)

1. blind (permanently (or temporarily) incapable of seeing)

   akls cilvēks ― blind person

   akls no dzimšanas ― blind from birth

   kaķēns piedzimst akls ― a kitten born blind

   kļūt aklam ― to become blind

   palīdzēt aklajam ― to help a blind (person)

   pārvest aklo pāri ielai ― to take a blind (person) across the street

   aklais plankums ― the blind spot (light-insensitive spot in the eye)

   akls aklam ceļu rāda, abi iekrīt grāvī ― (if) a blind (person) shows the way to (another) blind (person), both fall into a ditch

   pēkšņa pāreja spilgtā gaismā padara acis aklas ― the sudden transition to bright light makes the eyes blind

2. (figuratively) blind (unthinking, unchecked, not subject to conscious assessment, control)

   akla paklausība ― blind obedience

   akla tīcība ― blind faith, belief

   akla mīlestība ― blind love

   akls naids ― blind hatred

   aklas dusmas ― blind rage

   Annele turējās visiem spēkiem pretī tumšām, aklām bailēm ― Annele kept all (her) forces against the dark, blind fear

3. blind (accidental, unexpected)

   akla laime ― blind luck

   aklas lodes ― blind bullets (i.e., randomly shot)

4. blind (very dark, impossible to see through; without light)

   akla nakts ― blind (= dark) night

   akls logs ― blind (= unlit) window

   visapkārt akla tumsa, un dzirdamas tikai vēja gaudas un jūras krākšana ― all around (only) blind darkness, and one could hear only the lamentation of the wind and the roaring of the sea

5. blind (without an exit, without a passage, only one-way)

   akla iela ― blind street, alley

   akla siena ― blind wall (= without windows)

   akls logs ― blind window (= the contour of a window on a wall without the actual window)

   akla brūce ― blind wound (= internal wound, without an opening to the exterior of the body)

   aklā zarna ― caecum (lit. blind intestine)

6. blind (done without looking; done only via instruments)

   akalis lidojums ― blind flight

   aklā lidmašīnas nolaišanās ― blind airplane landing

   aklā metode mašīnrakstīšanā ― the blind method in typing (i.e., without looking at the keyboard)

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akls

1. blind