lemesis

Latvian
Lemeši

Etymology

From the same stem as the verb lemt (“to decide, to resolve”) (q.v.) in its old meaning, “to break.” Cognates include Lithuanian lẽmežis (“plowshare; part of the plow where the plowshare fits”), Russian лемех (lémex, “plowshare”), Czech lemes, Polish lemiesz.[1]

Noun

lemesis m (2nd declension)

  1. plowshare (cutting edge of a plow, usually a blade)
    divlemešu arkls ― two-furrow (lit. two-share) plow
    spīļarkla lemeši ― claw plowshares
    lemeša asmens ― plowshare blade
    lemeša smaile ― plowshare spike

Declension
Declension of lemesis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) lemesis lemeši
accusative (akuzatīvs) lemesi lemešus
genitive (ģenitīvs) lemeša lemešu
dative (datīvs) lemesim lemešiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) lemesi lemešiem
locative (lokatīvs) lemesī lemešos
vocative (vokatīvs) lemesi lemeši

Derived terms

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