[ɡnīːda]
CilmeFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *gnī́ˀdāˀ. Cognates include Lithuanian gli̇̀nda (< *gninda), Proto-Slavic *gňida (Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian гни́да (gnída), Belarusian гні́да (hnída), Czech hnida, Polish gnida), Old Norse gnit, Swedish gnet, English nit.
- declension-4, feminine, masculinenit (lice eggs)
“gnīdas matos” — nits in the hair
“galvas utis apmetas cilvēka matos; pie matiem tās pielīmē savas oliņas - gnīdas” — head lice settle on human hair; and by that hair they stick their eggs: nits
“vārīja ilgi un teica, ka nu vairs neviena gnīda dzīva nebūšot palikusi” — she boiled (the clothes) for a long time and (then) said that not a single living nit had remained
- declension-4, feminine, figuratively, masculine(also masculine, dat. gnīdam) nit, maggot (despicable, worthless person)
“tas bijis turpat kaimiņa saimnieks, īsts gnīda” — that had been the neighbor, a true nit (= despicable person)
““tu mani te nebaidi, gnīda!” tēvocis izkliedza” — “so you're not afraid of me here, you maggot!” (his) uncle shouted
Formasgnīda(nominative, singular) · gnīdas(nominative, plural) · gnīdas(genitive, singular) · gnīdu(genitive, plural) · gnīdam(dative, singular) · gnīdai(dative, singular) · gnīdām(dative, plural) · gnīdu(accusative, singular) · gnīdas(accusative, plural) · gnīdu(instrumental, singular) · gnīdām(instrumental, plural) · gnīdā(locative, singular) · gnīdās(locative, plural) · gnīda(singular, vocative) · gnīdas(plural, vocative)
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