gailis

Latvian

Etymology

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”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

Declension

Declension of gailis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gailis	gaiļi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gaili	gaiļus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gaiļa	gaiļu
dative (datīvs)	gailim	gaiļiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gaili	gaiļiem
locative (lokatīvs)	gailī	gaiļos
vocative (vokatīvs)	gaili	gaiļi

Derived terms

• gailēns

See also

• cālis, cālēns
• vista