kaķis
See also: kakis
Latvian
Etymology
Old word, which spread together with the animal millennia ago, apparently ultimately of African origin, later borrowed into (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European. The (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian term was apparently influenced by the Germanic forms: kaķis < *katis, from feminine *kate (cf. dialectal katene (“kitten”)), at first in Couronian dialects, later in other dialects and in the standard language. Cognates include Lithuanian katė̃, Old Prussian catto ([kato]), Russian кот (kot), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch katte, German Katze, English cat, Latin cattus, catta.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
kaķis m (2nd declension)
- domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus)
- melns kaķis ― black cat
- kaķis murrā ― the cat purrs
- kaķis noķēris peli ― the cat caught a mouse
- veikls kā kaķis ― neat as a cat
- acis kā kaķim ― eyes like a cat's (= good vision)
Declension
Declension of kaķis (2nd declension)
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kaķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
- kaķis at tezaurs.lv