gurķis

== Latvian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German augurke (cf. German Gurke); the Germanic term is itself a borrowing from Polish ogórek, originally from Greek άγουρος (ágouros) “unripe, immature”) which replaced an earlier term krievāboli. First attested in 17th-century dictionaries as augurķis, later agurķe, agurķis, also (already in the 17th century) gurķis, it became gurķis, gurķe in 18th-century literature. In the mid-19th century, only the form gurķis remained. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡûɾcis] === Noun === gurķis m (2nd declension) cucumber (plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, species Cucumis sativus, often cultivated in gardens for its edible vegetable fruit) gurķu dobe ― cucumber bed gurķa ziedi ― cucumber flowers gurķu sēklas ― cucumber seeds gurķu šķirnes ― cucumber varieties sēt gurķus ― to sow cucumbers laistīt gurķus ― to water the cucumbers audzēt gurķus siltumnīcā ― to grow cucumbers in a greenhouse cucumber (the edible vegetable fruit of this plant) skābēts gurķis ― pickled cucumber sālīts gurķis ― salted cucumber marinēts gurķis ― marinated cucumber gurķu salāti ― cucumber salad jūnija beigās pilsētas darbaļaudis varēs iepirkt kāpostus, tomātus, gurķus un citus dārzeņus ― at the end of June, the city workers will be able to buy cabbages, tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables ==== Declension ==== === References ===