English

Noun

tilts

1. plural of tilt

Verb

tilts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of tilt

Anagrams

• stilt

Latvian

Tilts (1)

Paceļamais tilts (1)

Tilts (2)

Tilts (3)

Tilts (6)

Etymology

Originally the past participle of an earlier verb *telt, parallel form *tilt, from Proto-Baltic *tel-, *til-, from Proto-Indo-European *tel-, *stel- ‎(“to spread, to spread out”), whence also Latvian telpa ‎(“space, room”). The original meaning was therefore “(that which is) spread out”, from which “(path, road) covered with intertwined, interlaced branches, logs” (a meaning still attested in folk songs) and then “bridge.” Cognates include Lithuanian tìltas; elsewhere, the stem *tel-, *stel- led to notions like “smooth base, floor, board:” Lithuanian dialectal tìlė ‎(“a boat's bottom plank”), Old Prussian talus ‎(“floor”), Proto-Slavic *tьlo ‎(“base, floor”) (Old Church Slavonic тьло ‎(tĭlo), Russian, Ukrainian тло ‎(tlo), Czech tla ‎(“floor”), Polish tło ‎(“base, background”), Upper Sorbian tło ‎(“floor, base, bottom”)), Old Irish talam ‎(“earth”) (< *tlə-mo-), Proto-Germanic *þiliz ‎(“board, plank”) (Old Norse þil, þili ‎(“plank wall”), þilja ‎(“floor, plank”), þel ‎(“base, floor”), Old High German dil, dilo ‎(“plank wall, floor”), dilla ‎(“board, floor, ship deck”), German Diele ‎(“plank”)), Sanskrit तलम् ‎(talam, “plain, flat surface; palm”), Ancient Greek τήλιᾱ ‎(tḗliā, “game table, board”), Latin tellūs ‎(“earth”) (< *telnos), Ossetian тæрхæг ‎(tærxæg, “bench”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tīlts]

Noun

tilts m (1st declension)

1. bridge (a structure built to go over an area that is deep or dangerous in some way)

   koka tilts‎ ― wood bridge

   dzelzs tilts‎ ― iron bridge

   tērauda tilts‎ ― steel bridge

   akmens tilts‎ ― stone bridge

   loku tilts‎ ― arched, bow bridge

   siju, rāmju tilts‎ ― beam bridge

   tilts pār upi‎ ― bridge over a river

   tilts pār dzelzceļi‎ ― bridge over the railway

   trosēs iekārts tilts‎ ― a bridge suspended on ropes

   paceļamais tilts‎ ― drawbridge

   autoceļa, dzelzceļa tilts‎ ― road, railway bridge

   gājēju tilts‎ ― pedestrian bridge

   jauktas satiksmes tilts‎ ― mixed traffic bridge

   tilta balsts‎ ― bridge pillar, support

   tilta laidums‎ ― bridge span

   gaisa tilts‎ ― air bridge

   izgriežamais tilts‎ ― rotating bridge

   plosta tilts‎ ― raft bridge

   uzgājuši Daugavas tiltā, viņi abi noskatījās uz Rīgu, kur torņu galos mirdzēja zelta gaiļi‎ ― having gone up the Daugava bridge, both of them looked at Rīga, where golden roosters were shining on the tops of the towers

2. (nautical) bridge (elevated platform over the upper deck of a ship, from which activities can be seen and controlled by the captain)

   komandas tilts, komandtilts‎ ― (command) bridge

   uz komandas tilta stāvēja Kondruss, pēc izskata vēl pavisam jauns cilvēks‎ ― on the command bridge stood Kondruss, in appearance yet a quite young person (= man)

3. (in vehicles) axle (part of the chassis which link the wheels of opposing sides)

   dzenošie tilti‎ ― powered axle

   pārnesumkārbas un pakaļējais tilts ievietoti vienā karterī‎ ― the gearbox and the rear axle (are) placed in a single crankcase

   Konrāds Rinkušs laida spēcīgo ūdens strūklu uz automobiļa tiltiem un rieteņiem, visur, kur vien saskatīja dubļu pikas un netīrumus‎ ― Konrāds Rinkušs directed a strong water stream at the car axles and wheels, everywhere where he saw clumps of mud and dirt

4. (electronics) bridge (element of an electric circuit, used to connect a measuring instrument)

   līdzsvarota tilta slēguma shēmu bieži lieto elektriskajos mērījumos‎ ― a balanced bridge connection is often used in electric measurements

5. (medicine) non-removable denture, supported by natural teeth

   izņemamas protēzes lietotājam sagādā zināmas neērtības, salīdzinot ar iestiprinātām zobu protēzēm, tā saucamiem tiltiem‎ ― removable prostheses (dentures) give (their) users some discomfort, in comparison with fixed prostheses (= dentures), the so-called bridges

6. (sports, martial arts) bridge position, backbend (position of the body in which the raised back rests on the hands (or nape) and feet touching the floor)

   jau trešajā minūtē Hervigs bija tiltā un ar grūtībām izgriezās‎ ― as early as the third minute Hervigs was in a bridge and wrung itself out (of it) with difficulty

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “tilts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7