Meaning of lāpsta | Babel Free

Definitions

1. shovel, spade (a tool for digging with a metal blade and a long handle)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of lāpsta
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. spadeful, shovelful (the amount that can be moved with a spade, a shovel)
   declension-4, feminine
4. blade (a part of certain machines that resembles the blade of a shovel)
   declension-4, feminine
5. blade (the flat end of an oar or paddle)
   declension-4, feminine
6. a flat, wide, shovel-like horn structure (e.g., on an elk)
   declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“koka, dzelzs lāpsta”

wooden, iron shovel

“asa lāpsta”

sharp shovel

“sniega, ogļu lāpsta”

snow, coal shovel

“dārza lāpsta”

garden spade

“iedurt lāpstu zemē”

to stick, push the shovel in(to) the ground

“Žuburs uzmina ar kāju lāpstas malai, nolieca lāpstas kātu kā sviru uz leju un atlauza kūdras gabalu”

Žuburs pushed the shovel edge with (his) foot, pulled the shovel handle down like a lever and broke off a piece of turf

“ieslodītie izsvieda no kapa pēdējās sārto smilšu lāpstas”

the prisoners dug from the grave the last shovel(ful)s of reddish sand

“Vecais Černs kanāla dibenā neatlaidīgi rakās uz priekšu un lāpstu pēc lāpstas meta ārā zemi”

the old Černs dug forward (= a tunnel) at the bottom of the canal and threw out shovel(ful) after shovel(ful) of earth

“traktors ar lāpstu varēs netraucēti braukt pa mēslu eju visā kūts garumā”

a tractor with a blade will be able to run unhindered on a path of manure for the entire length of a whole barn

“šodien sastopam daudz buļļu, kuru ragi lāpstas nemaz neveido; šie aļņi ir tā sauktie apaļradži”

we find nowadays many (elk) bulls whose antlers do not form shovels at all; these elk are the so-called round-horns

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