lasis

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasis/
• Rhymes: -asis
• Hyphenation: la‧sis

lasis

1. past of lasi

• lases (dialectal)

• IPA^(key): [ˈlasʲisʲ]
• Hyphenation: la‧sis

lasis

1. inflection of lase:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural
   3. accusative plural

Traditionally related to Latvian lāse (“drop (of liquid)”) (dialectally attested as lase, lasis), perhaps because of the drop-like little spots on a salmon's scales, from Proto-Indo-European *laḱ- (“to sprinkle, to spatter”).

Another suggestion is that this term comes from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, to leap”), referring to the mating habits of salmons, swimming and leaping upstream; but the final k leaves the s in the Baltic and Slavic forms unexplained. One would have to assume parallel forms *lek-, *leḱ- for this stem.

Cognates include Lithuanian lãšis, lašiša, Old Prussian lalasso (probably a misspelled lasasso), Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ), Czech losos, Polish łosoś, Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (Old High German lahs, German Lachs, Swedish lax, English lax, lox), Tocharian B laksi (“fish”), Ossetian лӕсӕг (læsæg, “salmon”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈlasːis]

lasis m (2nd declension)

1. salmon (especially Salmo salar)

   zvejot lašus ― to fish salmon

   svaigs lasis ― fresh salmon

   žāvēts lasis ― dried salmon

   lašu/laša krāsa ― salmon color