CilmeFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *kaklas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷokʷlo-s (a variant of *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”)), a reduplicated form of *kʷel- (“to turn; to move”) (whence also celis (“knee”), q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian kãklas, Proto-Germanic *halsaz (Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals), German Hals).
- declension-1, masculineneck
“tievs, garš, īss kakls” — slender, long, short neck
“zoss kakls” — goose neck
“kakla skriemeļi” — cervical (= neck) vertebrae
- declension-1, masculinethroat
“iekaisis kakls” — a sore throat
“skalot kaklu” — to gargle one's throat
“kumoss iespiedies kaklā” — the morsel expanded in the throat
- declension-1, masculinetapered, constricted part of an object or organ
“pudeles kakls” — bottle neck
“vāze ar garu kaklu” — a vase with a long neck
“dzemdes kakls” — uterus neck (i.e., the cervix)
Formaskakls(nominative, singular) · kakli(nominative, plural) · kakla(genitive, singular) · kaklu(genitive, plural) · kaklam(dative, singular) · kakliem(dative, plural) · kaklu(accusative, singular) · kaklus(accusative, plural) · kaklu(instrumental, singular) · kakliem(instrumental, plural) · kaklā(locative, singular) · kaklos(locative, plural) · kakls(singular, vocative) · kakli(plural, vocative)