zāģis

• (dialectal form) zāgs

Borrowed from Middle Low German sage or Middle Dutch zage (cf. German Säge, Dutch zaag). First mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]

• IPA^(key): [zāːɟis]

zāģis m (2nd declension)

1. saw (a tool with a sharp, usually toothed, blade, used for cutting wood, metal and other hard substances)

   dārza, zaru zāģis ― garden, pruning saw

   baļķu zāģis ― log saw

   rokas zāģis ― hand saw

   elektriskais zāģis ― electric saw

   loka zāģis, lokzāģis ― circular saw

   zāģa zobis ― saw teeth

   zāģu skaidas ― sawdust

   vīlēt zāģi ― to sharpen (lit. to file) the saw teeth

   tēvs bijis namdaris, staigājis ar cirvi un zāģi pār plecu, ģimenei maizes riecienu pelnīdams ― father was a carpenter, walking with an ax and a saw over (his) shoulder, earning the families

2. saw (a specialized tool for cutting a specific kind of hard object or substance)

   kaulu zāģis ― bone saw

   diamanta zāģis ― diamond saw

   viņš radījis vairāk nekā divdesmit jaunu ķirurģisku instrumentu, no kuriem īpaši jāatzīmē tā sauktais Šimanovska rezekcijas zāģis ― he has shown more than twenty new surgical instruments, most notably the so-called Šimanovskis' resection saw

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