Meaning of šķīvis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. dish, plate (round, rarely oval, usually flat bowl for serving food; its contents)
   declension-2, masculine
2. cymbals, brass plates (percussion instrument consisting of two metal disks)
   declension-2, masculine, plural
3. plates (machinery part, a curved metal plate)
   declension-2, in-plural, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“māla, porcelāna, plastmasas šķīvji”

clay, porcelain, plastic dishes

“dziļais, seklais šķīvis”

deep, shallow plate

“zupas, maizes šķīvis”

soup, bread plate

“sienas šķīvis”

wall plate

“liet zupu šķīvī”

to pour soup on the plate

“notīrīt šķīvi”

to clean the plate (i.e., to eat all the food on the plate)

“izēst divus šķīvjus”

to eat two plates

“es situ šķīvjus visos jaunatnes simfoniskā orķestra koncertos”

I play (lit. hit) the cymbals in all youth symphonic orchestra concerts

“ecēšu šķīvji”

harrow plates

“siltummaiņa šķīvji”

heat exchanger plates

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