Meaning of ota | Babel Free

Definitions

1. paintbrush (instrument for painting or drawing, consisting of a bundle of hairs or feathers attached to the end of a handle)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of ota
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. painting style, work
   declension-4, feminine, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“gleznotāja ota”

a painter's (= artist's) paintbrush

“krāsotāja ota”

a painter's (= worker's) paintbrush

“ieziešanas ota”

lubrication brush

“raga ota”

horn paintbrush

“otas triepiens, vilciens”

(paint)brush strokes

“gleznot ar otu”

to paint with a paintbrush

“iemērkt otu krāsā”

to dip the brush in ink, in paint

“otas meistars”

an outstanding painter (lit. master of the paintbrush)

“virsmu krāsošanai mājas apstākļos lieto otu, un katrs, kas krāsojis, zina, ka ne vienmēr izdodas krāsu uzklāt vienmērīgi un glīti”

for painting surfaces at home one uses a (paint)brush, and anyone who paints knows that you cannot always apply the paint evenly and neatly

“šī mākslinieka otai pieder interesantās klusās dabas”

this artist's paintbrush has an interesting quiet nature

“Konrāda Ubāna ota radījusi ne tikai ainavas, bet arī portretus un klusās dabas, bez tam tā kalpousi monumentālajai mākslai un teātrim”

Konrāds Ubāns' paintbrush created not only landscapes, but also portraits and still lifes, and served in addition monumental art and theater

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