vērsis

From Proto-Indo-European *wers-, *wr̥s- (“male”). Cognates include Lithuanian ver̃šis (“calf; (dialectal) ox”), Old Prussian werstian (“calf”) (maybe *wersistian?), Sanskrit वृष (vṛṣa, “bull; male”), वृषन् (vṛṣan, “man; stallion, ox”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬌‎ (varšni, “ram”), Latin verrēs (“boar”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [vɛ̀ːrsis]

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vērsis m (2nd declension)

1. ox (male cattle, usually castrated, often used as a beast of burden)

   darba vērsis ― working ox

   vēršu pajūgs ― oxcart

   vērša gaļa ― ox (= cow) meat, beef

   vēršu cīņas ― ox fight (= bullfight, in Spain)

• liellops
• govs
• bullis
• teļš, tele, telēns