[tīlts]
CilmeOriginally the past participle of an earlier verb *telt, parallel form *tilt, from Proto-Baltic *tel-, *til-, from Proto-Indo-European *tel-, *stel- (“to spread, to spread out”), whence also Latvian telpa (“space, room”). The original meaning was therefore “(that which is) spread out”, from which “(path, road) covered with intertwined, interlaced branches, logs” (a meaning still attested in folk songs) and then “bridge.” Cognates include Lithuanian ti̇̀ltas; elsewhere, the stem *tel-, *stel- led to notions like “smooth base, floor, board:” Lithuanian dialectal ti̇̀lė (“a boat's bottom plank”), Old Prussian talus (“floor”), Proto-Slavic *tьlo (“base, floor”) (Old Church Slavonic тьло (tĭlo), Russian, Ukrainian тло (tlo), Czech tla (“floor”), Polish tło (“base, background”), Upper Sorbian tło (“floor, base, bottom”)), Old Irish talam (“earth”) (< *tlə-mo-), Proto-Germanic *þiliz (“board, plank”) (Old Norse þil, þili (“plank wall”), þilja (“floor, plank”), þel (“base, floor”), Old High German dil, dilo (“plank wall, floor”), dilla (“board, floor, ship deck”), German Diele (“plank”)), Sanskrit तलम् (talam, “plain, flat surface; palm”), Ancient Greek τήλιᾱ (tḗliā, “game table, board”), Albanian tullë (“brick”),
Latin tellūs (“earth”) (< *telnos), Ossetian тӕрхӕг (tærxæg, “bench”).
- declension-1, masculinebridge (a structure built to go over an area that is deep or dangerous in some way)
“koka tilts” — wood bridge
“dzelzs tilts” — iron bridge
“tērauda tilts” — steel bridge
- declension-1, masculinebridge (elevated platform over the upper deck of a ship, from which activities can be seen and controlled by the captain)
“komandas tilts, komandtilts” — (command) bridge
“uz komandas tilta stāvēja Kondruss, pēc izskata vēl pavisam jauns cilvēks” — on the command bridge stood Kondruss, in appearance yet a quite young person (= man)
- declension-1, masculineaxle (part of the chassis which link the wheels of opposing sides)
“dzenošie tilti” — powered axle
“pārnesumkārbas un pakaļējais tilts ievietoti vienā karterī” — the gearbox and the rear axle (are) placed in a single crankcase
“Konrāds Rinkušs laida spēcīgo ūdens strūklu uz automobiļa tiltiem un rieteņiem, visur, kur vien saskatīja dubļu pikas un netīrumus” — Konrāds Rinkušs directed a strong water stream at the car axles and wheels, everywhere where he saw clumps of mud and dirt
- declension-1, masculinebridge (element of an electric circuit, used to connect a measuring instrument)
“līdzsvarota tilta slēguma shēmu bieži lieto elektriskajos mērījumos” — a balanced bridge connection is often used in electric measurements
- declension-1, masculinenon-removable denture, supported by natural teeth
“izņemamas protēzes lietotājam sagādā zināmas neērtības, salīdzinot ar iestiprinātām zobu protēzēm, tā saucamiem tiltiem” — removable prostheses (dentures) give (their) users some discomfort, in comparison with fixed prostheses (= dentures), the so-called bridges
- declension-1, masculinebridge position, backbend (position of the body in which the raised back rests on the hands (or nape) and feet touching the floor)
“jau trešajā minūtē Hervigs bija tiltā un ar grūtībām izgriezās” — as early as the third minute Hervigs was in a bridge and wrung itself out (of it) with difficulty
Formastilts(nominative, singular) · tilti(nominative, plural) · tilta(genitive, singular) · tiltu(genitive, plural) · tiltam(dative, singular) · tiltiem(dative, plural) · tiltu(accusative, singular) · tiltus(accusative, plural) · tiltu(instrumental, singular) · tiltiem(instrumental, plural) · tiltā(locative, singular) · tiltos(locative, plural) · tilt(singular, vocative) · tilti(plural, vocative)