Meaning of sēklis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. shallow place, shallow, ford, sandbank, shoals (place in a body of water which is shallower than its surroundings)
   declension-2, masculine
2. shallow place; alternative form of sēklis
   declension-5, dialectal, feminine

Examples

“smilšu sēklis”

sandbank

“akmeņains sēklis”

rocky shoals

“koraļļu sēklis”

coral cay

“kontinenta sēklis”

continental shelf

“zvejot sēkļos”

to fish in a shallow

“uzbraukt sēklim, uz sēkļa”

to run aground (lit. on(to) a shallow)

“būt uz sēkļa”

to be in a difficult situation (lit. to be on a shallow, to be stranded, shipwrecked)

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