cepure

See also: cepurē

Latvian
Cepures

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kepur-, from a derived stem *kep-r̥-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“cover”). Cognates include Lithuanian kepùre, Proto-Slavic *čepьcь (Russian чепе́ц (čepéc, “cap”), Belarusian чапе́ц (čapjéc, “cap”), Czech čepec (“cap”), čepice (“hat”), Polish czepek (“cap”)), Ancient Greek σκέπη (sképē, “cover, shade, protection”).[1]

Noun

cepure f (5th declension)

  1. hat (clothing accessory meant to cover the head)
    salmu cepure ― straw hat
    ziemas cepure ― winter hat
    pacelt, noņemt, uzlikt cepuri ― to remove one's hat
    bruņu cepure, bruņucepure ― helmet (lit. armored hat)

Declension
Declension of cepure (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) cepure cepures
accusative (akuzatīvs) cepuri cepures
genitive (ģenitīvs) cepures cepuru
dative (datīvs) cepurei cepurēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) cepuri cepurēm
locative (lokatīvs) cepurē cepurēs
vocative (vokatīvs) cepure cepures

Derived terms

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. →ISBN.
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