plecs
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]plecs
Anagrams
[edit]Latvian
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]plecs m (1st declension)
- (anatomy) shoulder (the joining of arm and body)
- pleca kauls, locītava ― shoulder bone, joint
- vīrietis platiem, šauriem, taisniem pleciem ― a man of wide, narrow, straight shoulders
- paraustīt, noraustīt plecus ― to shrug one's shoulders
- uzlikt mugursomu uz pleciem ― to put a backpack on one's shoulders
- part of a garment that covers the shoulder
- jaka ar pagarinātiem pleciem ― a jacket with extended shoulders
- one of the two halves of a lever, between the fulcrum and one of the forces
- sviras labais, kreisais plecs ― a lever's right, left arm (lit. shoulder)
Declension
[edit]Declension of plecs (1st declension)
See also
[edit]- kamiesis (old-fashioned)