brick oor Xhosa

brick

/brɪk/ adjektief, werkwoord, naamwoord

(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

isitena

A building material usually made from clay, molded as a rectangular block, and baked or burned in a kiln.

For example, a brick may break loose from the top of a high building and strike a pedestrian.
Ngokomzekelo, kusenokuwa isitena kwisakhiwo esiphakamileyo siye kubetha umntu nje ozihambelayo.

Brick

eienaam

A surname.

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The Murdock decision has proved to be a sturdy brick in the legal wall of protection.
Isigqibo esenziwa kweli tyala likaMurdock siye sabonakala njengesitena esomeleleyo solu donga lungokwasemthethweni lokuzikhusela.

Hoods can be made cheaply from sheet metal or even from bricks and mud.
Iitshimini zinokwenziwa ngendlela engabizi mali kangako njengamacangci okanye ngezitena nodaka.

(Isaiah 41:10; Nahum 2:1; 2 Chronicles 24:13) Your words must skillfully rebuild the depressed person’s self-esteem, brick by brick, as it were.
(Isaya 41:10; Nahum 2:1, NW; 2 Kronike 24:13) Amazwi akho amele ngobuchule akwakhe kwakhona ukuzixabisa komntu odandathekileyo, ngokungathi kunjalo, isitena ngesitena.

3 Another newspaper observed: “You haven’t seen a pile of brick and lumber become a building until you’ve watched a group of Jehovah[’s] Witnesses swing a hammer.
3 Umfundisi ongumRoma Katolika ethetha ngokwakhiwa ngokukhawuleza kweHolo yoBukumkani eSoweto wathi: “Andizange ndiyibone into enje.

We made mud bricks.
Senza izitena zodaka.

Also, a one-hundred-foot-long [33 m] brick building was constructed that contained additional restroom facilities.
Kwakhona, kwakhiwa ngezitena isakhiwo esibude buziimitha ezingamashumi amathathu anesithathu esasinezindlu zangasese ezongezelelekileyo.

The use of bitumen as mortar and pavement has helped waterproof the otherwise fragile Sumerian mud-bricks, ensuring that the structures endured for millennia.”
Ukusetyenziswa kwebhitumene nokutyabeka ngayo kwakukhusela izitena zodaka ukuze zingangenwa ngamanzi, nto leyo yayibangela ukuba izakhiwo zihlale iminyaka emininzi.”

● Although Egyptian records do not specifically mention the Israelites, Egyptian tomb paintings and scrolls confirm that the Egyptians used foreigners to make bricks out of mud and straw.
● Nakuba iingxelo zamaYiputa zingawakhankanyi ngokungqalileyo amaSirayeli, Imifanekiso yamangcwaba alapho nemisongo ingqina ukuba amaYiputa ayesebenzisa abemi basemzini ukwenza izitena zodaka nomququ.

When Hammurabi’s troops demolished the city, they knocked down the upper walls, filling the lower rooms with bricks and earth.
Xa imikhosi kaHammurabi yayitshabalalisa esi sixeko, yadiliza iindonga eziphezulu, zaza izitena nomhlaba zawela ngaphakathi kumagumbi angaphantsi.

The baths were rectangular tanks hewed out of rock or dug into the earth and lined with brick or stone.
La maqula ayeziitanki ezimbhoxo ezembiwe elityeni okanye emhlabeni zaza zafulelwa ngezitena okanye amatye.

▪ The Bible book of Exodus states that the Egyptians put their Hebrew slaves to work making bricks.
▪ Incwadi yeBhayibhile ye-Eksodus ithi amaYiputa ayewenzisa izitena amakhoboka awo angamaHebhere.

A glazed brick frieze from Babylon’s Processional Way 3.
Umfanekiso ogciniweyo wezitena owawukuDonga Olusekungeneni eBhabhiloni 3.

The site now boasts a handsome brick Kingdom Hall, which is shared by two congregations in Saint-Denis.
Namhlanje kweso siza, kukho iHolo yoBukumkani entle esetyenziswa ngamabandla amabini aseSaint-Denis.

In harmony with the Bible, Egyptian records also show that taskmasters kept written quotas for brick production.
Ngokuvisisana neBhayibhile, nazo iingxelo zamaYiputa zibonisa ukuba iinduna zalapho zazinemimiselo yezitena ezimele zenziwe.

Brick buildings suddenly sprang up amid the wooden houses.
Kwakhiwa nezakhiwo zezitena endaweni yezamaplanga.

Sandstone bricks used to scrub wooden decks to make them clean and smooth.
Ngamatye esanti eyesetyenziselwa ukukorobha iidekhi zamaplanga ekuzicoceni kwaye zibe mpuluswa.

They learned how to fabricate windows, operate tractors, mix concrete, and lay bricks.
Bafunda indlela yokwenza iifestile, ukuqhuba oogandaganda, ukujika ikonkile, nokubeka isitena.

* Isaiah records the people’s insolent response: “Bricks are what have fallen, but with hewn stone we shall build.
* UIsaya usichazela ngempendulo yabo yokuqaqadeka, besithi: “Kuwe izitena, kodwa siya kwakha ngamatye aqingqiweyo.

See them in the picture making bricks.
Naba kulo mfanekiso besenza izitena.

Outstanding glazed-brick depictions of lions decorated ancient Babylon’s Processional Way.
Kukho imifanekiso emenyezelayo yeengonyama kwiindonga ezisekungeneni kwilizwe laseBhabhiloni.

FLAWED “BRICKS” OF HUMAN SOCIETY
“IZITENA” EZINGEKHO MGANGATHWENI EZILIBUTHO LABANTU

“The bitumen mortar —one of the first uses of southern Iraq’s vast oil fields— is still visible between the burnt bricks,” says the author.
Uthi: “Udaka lwebhitumene—enye yezinto zokuqala ukusetyenziswa kwiindawo ezineoli kumazantsi eIraq—isabonakala phakathi kwezo zitena zitshileyo.

HE “FOUND ROME BRICK AND LEFT IT MARBLE”
“IROMA WAYIFUMANA IZIZITENA WAZA WAYISHIYA ILIBHASTILE”

In 1954, Katerina and I —just the two of us and in our spare time— built a brick home.
Ngowe-1954 mna noKaterina sazakhela indlu ngexesha esasingenzi nto ngalo.

To be sure, energy is needed to turn disorder into order —for example, to assemble bricks, wood, and nails into a house.
Kuyinyaniso ukuba kufuneka amandla ukuze izinto ezingalungelelananga zenziwe zilungelelane—ngokomzekelo, ukuze kudityaniswe izitena, amaplanga kunye nezikhonkwane xa kusakhiwa indlu.