šķidrs

== Latvian == === Etymology === From the same stem as šķīst (“to dissolve, to melt”) (q.v.): Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰēi- (“clear, light, shiny”). With an extra suffix -d, it lead to two Proto-Baltic variants, one voiceless (with an extra s-mobile) and one voiced: *skied-, *skaid-, *skid- (whence, with an extra suffix -ru-s, šķidrs, skaidrs (“clear”), and also — with a different suffix — skaists (“beautiful”)), and *gied-, *gaid-, *gid- (whence, also with an extra -ru-s, dzidrs (“clear, limpid”), which is etymologically a variant of šķidrs), with some form influence between the two variants. The meaning evolved from “clear, limpid” > “(liquid) having no sediment, no sludge” > “liquid.” A different opinion is that šķidrs might ultimately derive from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, to slice”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʃcidɾs] === Adjective === šķidrs (definite šķidrais, comparative šķidrāks, superlative visšķidrākais, adverb šķidri) (physics) liquid (in a state of matter such that it can flow and take the form of its container) šķidra viela ― liquid substance pārvēst vielu šķidrā agregātstāvoklī ― to convert a substance to liquid state šķidrā degviela, šķidrais kurināmais ― liquid fuel šķidrais stikls ― liquid glass šķidrie minerālmēsli ― liquid mineral fertilizer šķidrie nokrišņi ― liquid precipitation (rainfall) šķidrs hēlijs ― liquid helium (of mixtures) liquid, thin (composed mostly of liquids, having relatively little solid parts) šķidra putra, zupa ― liquid, thin porridge, soup (colloquial, of hair, plumage, foliage, vegetation) thin, sparse šķidrie, gaišie mati ― thin, light hair tajā dzīvoja vecs jakuts ar šķidru bārdiņu ― there lived an old Yakut with a thin little beard krūmi aplokā gan nobiruši un šķidri ― the bushes in the yard were rather fallen and thin (= had few leaves) (colloquial, of fabric, cloth) thin, worn off seju klāj šķidrs zīda lakatiņš ― a thin silk veil covered (her) face lētais audums kļuvis pavisam šķidrs ― the cheap fabric has become (after washing) really thin (colloquial, of groups of people) thin, sparse (with members relatively far from each other) pūlis pavisam mazs un šķidrs kļuvis ― the crowd became small and thin (colloquial, of clouds, smoke, etc.) thin (having low density) reti bālganzili, šķidrs mākonīši ― a few rare pale bluish thin little clouds (colloquial) thin, (scattered) few, not much, unimpressive, not good aplausi bija šķidri ― the applause was thin šie man prasa: “kā ar mācībām?” “šķidri”, es saku ― they ask me: “how about your training?” “thin” (= bad), I answer ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (of hair, groups of people): rets (of hair, fabric, mixtures): plāns ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “of "state of matter"”): ciets (“solid”), gāzveidīgs (“gaseous”) (antonym(s) of “of "thin"”): biezs, blīvs ==== Derived terms ==== šķidrums === References ===