gurķis

Borrowed from Middle Low German augurke (cf. German Gurke); the Germanic term is itself a borrowing from Polish ogórek, originally from Greek άγουρος (ágouros) “unripe, immature”) which replaced an earlier term krievāboli.

First attested in 17th-century dictionaries as augurķis, later agurķe, agurķis, also (already in the 17th century) gurķis, it became gurķis, gurķe in 18th-century literature. In the mid-19th century, only the form gurķis remained.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɡûɾcis]

gurķis m (2nd declension)

1. cucumber (plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, species Cucumis sativus, often cultivated in gardens for its edible vegetable fruit)

   gurķu dobe ― cucumber bed

   gurķa ziedi ― cucumber flowers

   gurķu sēklas ― cucumber seeds

   gurķu šķirnes ― cucumber varieties

   sēt gurķus ― to sow cucumbers

   laistīt gurķus ― to water the cucumbers

   audzēt gurķus siltumnīcā ― to grow cucumbers in a greenhouse

2. cucumber (the edible vegetable fruit of this plant)

   skābēts gurķis ― pickled cucumber

   sālīts gurķis ― salted cucumber

   marinēts gurķis ― marinated cucumber

   gurķu salāti ― cucumber salad

   jūnija beigās pilsētas darbaļaudis varēs iepirkt kāpostus, tomātus, gurķus un citus dārzeņus ― at the end of June, the city workers will be able to buy cabbages, tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables