iekša

== Latvian == === Etymology === Abstracted as a singular, with independent meaning, from the plural iekšas (“guts, entrails”), from an earlier (and still dialectal) iešas with an epenthetic k, from Proto-Baltic *en-styā-s, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en (“in(side)”). The adverb iekšā (“inside”) is the corresponding locative case form; in 16th- and 17th-century sources an old illative form iekšan is also used (from which is derived the old-fashioned preposition iekš). Cognates include Lithuanian įsčios (“(pl.) mother's lap; depth”), Old Prussian instran (“lard”), Old Church Slavonic ѩтро (jętro, “liver”), Old Norse istr (“inner fat”), Middle Low German inster (“slaughtered animal entrails”), Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “guts, intestines”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ìɛkʃa] === Noun === iekša f (4th declension) interior, inside (the space in the inside of a building, house, etc.) rijas iekša ir melna ― the inside of the barn is black nākt no iekšas ― to come from inside dzīvot, strādāt pa iekšu ― to live, to work inside durvis bija no iekšas ciet ― the door was shut from the inside (chiefly reduced, used in compounds as a quasi-prefix) internal, inside, inner iekšlogs ― interior, inside window iekšdurvis ― interior door iekšsiena ― interior wall iekškabata ― inner pocket iekšdarbi ― interior works in, inside (of something, some object) likt pēdas uz iekšu ― to put one's food in(side) (something) zēni sabāzuši kopā, jaunākais rociņu satvēris dūrē ar īkšķīti uz iekšu ― the boys were packed together, the youngest one having clutched his little hand into a fist with the thumb inside ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (of "internal, inner"): iekšējs (of "inside (of something)"): iekšpuse ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “of "(area) inside"”): ārs (antonym(s) of “of "in, inside"”): ārā (antonym(s) of “of "internal, inner"”): ārējs ==== Derived terms ==== === References ===