auksts

Latvian

Alteration of austs ‘cooled’, past participle of dialectal aũsīt, aũsēt ‘to cool off, down’, ausināt (“to cool off hot food, with a spoon”) (compare Lithuanian áušti (“to cool down”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Latin autumnus, Old Irish úacht, Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The -k- may be due to contamination with obsolete aukt (“to be cool, cold”), sporadically attested in 18th-century sources.^[1]

auksts (definite aukstais, comparative aukstāks, superlative visaukstākais, adverb auksti)

cold (an object or substance that has a relatively low temperature)
auksts roka ― cold hands

auksts ūdens ― cold water

auksta tēja ― cold tea

ēdiens ir jau auksts ― the food is already cold

auksts kā ledus ― cold as ice

aukstais karš ― the cold war
cold (weather, air temperature during a certain period of time)
auksts rudens, pavasaris ― a cold autumn/fall, spring

auksts rīts ― a cold morning

kļūst auksts ― it is getting cold

šodien ir ļoti auksts ― today it is very cold
associated with the feeling or sensation of cold
gājējam kļūst auksti ― the passer-by/pedestrian got cold

auksti drebuļi ― cold shivers, chills

aukstas trīsas ― a cold thrill

man auksts pārskrēja pār visu muguru ― a cold (chill) ran through my spine, back
food which is to be eaten cold
aukstie ēdieni, uzkodas ― cold food, appetizers

aukstais galds ― cold table (= table with cold food)
(figuratively) cold (one who does not care about the feelings of others; insensitive, rude)
auksts prāta cilvēks ― a cold-minded person
(figuratively) cold (of a gesture or behavior typical of an insensitive or rude person)
auksts skatiens, smaids ― a cold look, smile

auksta uzņemšana ― a cold reception

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