āzis

See also: azis

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *āž-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(y)ǵ- (“goat”). Cognates include Lithuanian ožỹs, Old Prussian wosux (/⁠vōzuks⁠/), Proto-Slavic *azь (Russian язь (jazʹ) “ide (fish)” < “goat”), Sanskrit अज (ajá), 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 plural
nominative āzis āži
genitive āža āžu
dative āzim āžiem
accusative āzi āžus
instrumental āzi āžiem
locative āzī āžos
vocative āzi āži

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “āzis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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