bļoda

See also: bloda, blöda, bļodā, and blœða

Latvian

Bļoda (1)

Mazgājamā bļoda (3)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic блюдо (bljudo, “table, dish”) (cf. Belarusian блю́да (bljúda, “plate, dish”), Russian блю́до (bljúdo, “dish, food”)), itself a borrowing from Germanic (cf. Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (biuþs, “table”)). In Latvian, the borrowing must be old (from before the 13th century), as attested by the presence of o ([uo]) in it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʎūōda]

• Audio:

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Noun

bļoda f (4th declension)

1. bowl, dish, deep plate (e.g., for soup)

   stikla bļoda ― glass bowl

   māla bļoda ― clay bowl

   zupas bļoda ― soup bowl, dish

   pasniegt zupu bļodā ― to serve the soup in a bowl, dish

2. the contents of such a bowl or dish

   uz galdiņa neaiztikta stāvēja saimnieces ienestā kāpostu bļoda ― on the little table, the bowl of cabbages that (our) hostess had brought stood untouched

3. basin (e.g., for washing)

   mazgājamā bļoda ― wash basin

   palikusi mazgājamo bļodu zem krāna, Ilga skatās, kā lēni plūst ūdens ― having placed the washing basin under the faucet, Ilga watched as the water slowly flew (in)

Declension

Declension of bļoda (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	bļoda	bļodas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	bļodu	bļodas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bļodas	bļodu
dative (datīvs)	bļodai	bļodām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	bļodu	bļodām
locative (lokatīvs)	bļodā	bļodās
vocative (vokatīvs)	bļoda	bļodas