ledus

From Proto-Baltic *ledús, from Proto-Indo-European *ledʰ- (“ice”), perhaps the same as *leydʰ- (“slippery, to slide”). Cognates include Lithuanian lẽdas, dialectal ledùs, Old Prussian ladis, Latgalian lads, Russian лёд (ljod), Old Church Slavonic ледъ (ledŭ), Czech led, Polish lód.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [lædus]

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ledus m (3rd declension)

1. ice, frozen water

   ledus kristāli ― ice cristals

   ledus slānis ― ice layer

   plāns ledus ― thin ice

   lauzt ledu ― to break the ice

   ledus kūst, lūst, krakšķ ― the ice melts, breaks, cracks

   auksts kā ledus ― cold as ice

   ledus skapis, ledusskapis ― ice cupboard (= refrigerator)

   ledus balets ― ballet (skating) on ice

• ledains
• ledus lācis
• ledusskapis