gailis

From *gal-n-o, enlargement of *gl̥H-o, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *golH-so.

Cognates include Welsh galw (“call”), English call, Lithuanian gal̃sas (“echo”), Russian го́лос (gólos, “voice”), Polish głos (“voice”), Albanian gjuhë (“voice”)).

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gailis m (2nd declension)

1. rooster, cock (male domestic fowl, especially Gallus gallus)

   lielīgs kā gailis ― boastful as a rooster

   gaiļa gadi ― rooster years (= adolescence)

2. (in the plural) time (very early morning) when roosters crow; the crowing itself

   pirmie gaiļi ― the first rooster crow (of the rooster)

   otrie, trešie gaiļi ― the second, third rooster crow

• gailene
• gailēns

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