mēnesis

From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *mē-² (“to measure”). Cognates include Lithuanian mėnuo (“month, moon”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ, “moon, month”) (Russian месяц (mésjac), Polish miesiąc, Czech měsíc), Sanskrit मास (māsa), Persian ماه‎ (māh), Old Armenian ամիս (amis), Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”) (Spanish mes, Italian mese, French mois), Proto-Celtic *mīns (Irish mí, Welsh mis), and Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”) (Old English mōnað, English month, German Monat, Dutch maand, Swedish månad).

mēnesis m (2nd declension)

1. month (one of the 12 divisions of the year)

   pavasara, rudens mēneši ― spring, autumn months

   mēneša vidējā temperatūra ― average monthly temperature

   gaidīt vairākus mēnešus ― to wait for several months

   ziemas mēnesis ― winter month (= January)

2. month (a period of approximately 30 days)

   paveikt darbu divos mēnešos ― get the job done in two months

   pēc mēneša ― after a month

   sapulce notiek reizi mēnesī ― the meeting happens once a month

• medus mēnesis
• šomēnes, tomēnes

The noun mēnesis (“month”) is often confused with its homonym mēness (“moon”), with which it has most declension forms in common (only the nominative singular and genitive singular forms of these two nouns are different).

• mēness
• Months:

  janvāris, februāris, marts, aprīlis, maijs, jūnijs, jūlijs, augusts, septembris, oktobris, novembris, decembris