[sækls]
CilmeDerived from *sekt, a parallel form of dialectal verb sikt, standard sīkt (“to decrease (water, river)”) (q.v.). The additional l follows the pattern of adjective tukls (“stout, chubby”), dialectal verb tukt (“become sickly fat (of chicken)”). Cognates include Lithuanian seklùs, dialectal sẽklas.
- usuallyshallow (having little depth)
“sekla vieta ezerā” — shallow place in a lake
“sekla peļķe” — shallow puddle
“sekla upe” — shallow river
- shallow (located, moving, penetrating not far from the surface of something)
“sekls urbums” — shallow (bore)hole, well, perforation
“koki ar seklu sakņu sistēma” — trees with a shallow root system
- shallow (involving relatively little air)
“elpošana kļūst sekla, ja ilgi strādā sēdot'” — breathing becomes shallow if one works sitting for a long time
- shallow (having no deeper content or feeling, not addressing the essence, superficial)
“sekls spriedums” — shallow judgment
“seklas izpriecas, jūtas” — shallow pleasures, feelings
“sekla luga” — shallow (theater) play
Formasseklais(definite) · seklāks(comparative) · visseklākais(superlative) · sekli(adverb) · sekls(masculine, nominative, singular) · sekli(masculine, nominative, plural) · sekla(feminine, nominative, singular) · seklas(feminine, nominative, plural) · sekla(genitive, masculine, singular) · seklu(genitive, masculine, plural) · seklas(feminine, genitive, singular) · seklu(feminine, genitive, plural) · seklam(dative, masculine, singular) · sekliem(dative, masculine, plural) · seklai(dative, feminine, singular) · seklām(dative, feminine, plural) · seklu(accusative, masculine, singular) · seklus(accusative, masculine, plural) · seklu(accusative, feminine, singular) · seklas(accusative, feminine, plural)