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spuldze

spuldze

See also: spuldzē

Latvian

Elektriskā spuldze
Dienasgaismas spuldze

Noun

spuldze f (5th declension)

  1. light bulb, lamp (artificial light source based on the heating of a filament, or also of gas, vapors, inside a glass container)
    elektriskā spuldze ― electric bulb
    neona spuldze ― neon lamp, light
    sešdesmit vatu spuldze ― sixty-watt light bulb
    dienasgaismas spuldze ― fluorescent lamp
    dzīvsudraba spuldze ― mercury lamp, light
    spuldze deg spoži ― the light bulb is burning bright
    spuldzes spilgtums ― the brightness of the light bulb
    Meitene pastiepa roku un iededza spuldzi ― the girl stretched her arm and turned on the light
    Helga apsēdās un iededza galda lampu... spuldze bija vāja, abažūrs slāpēja gaismu ― Helga sat down and turned on the table lamp on... the bulb was weak, the lampshade stifled the light

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), spuldze”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7