āzis

See also: azis

Latvian
Āzis

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *āž-, from Proto-Indo-European *āǵ-, *h₂e(i)ǵ- (“goat”). Cognates include Lithuanian ožỹs, Old Prussian wosux ([vōzuks]), Proto-Slavic *azь (Russian язь (jaz’) “ide (fish)” < “goat”), Sanskrit अजः (ajáḥ), Albanian dhi (< *a-dhi), Old Armenian այծ (ayc).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [âːzis]
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Noun

āzis m (2nd declension)

  1. male goat, billy goat, buck
    āža bārda, bārdiņa ― (little) goat beard, goatee
    tiepīgs kā āzis ― as stubborn as a goat

Declension
Declension of āzis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) āzis āži
accusative (akuzatīvs) āzi āžus
genitive (ģenitīvs) āža āžu
dative (datīvs) āzim āžiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) āzi āžiem
locative (lokatīvs) āzī āžos
vocative (vokatīvs) āzi āži

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “āzis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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