nāss
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nāsis, from Proto-Indo-European *nās-, an allomorph of *nas- (“nostril”). Semantic changes from “nose” to “nostril” or vice-versa were frequent in Indo-European. Cognates include Lithuanian nósis, Old Prussian nozy ([nōsi]), Sudovian nasis ([nāsis]) “nose”, Proto-Slavic *nosъ “nose” (from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús), Old English nasu, Old High German nasa, German Nase, English nose, Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā), Latin nāsus (“nose”), nāris (“nostril”) (< *nāsis).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nāss f (6th declension)
- (anatomy) nostril (one of two openings at the bottom of the nose)
- jutīgas nāsis ― sensitive nostrils
- platas nāsis ― wide nostrils
- nāsis dreb ― the nostrils are trembling
- aizspiest nāsis ― to clip one's nostrils
- knišļi lien zirgam nāsīs ― midges are crawling into the horse's nostrils
- zaķa purniņš sāka raustīties, nāsis dzīvāk ošņāt ― the hare's little muzzle began to twitch, (its) nostrils to sniff more actively
- salda medus dvaša spiedās viņam mutē un nāsīs ― the sweet breath (= smell) of honey pressed itself into his mouth and nostrils
Declension
[edit]Declension of nāss (6th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | nāss | nāsis |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | nāsi | nāsis |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | nāss | nāšu |
dative (datīvs) | nāsij | nāsīm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | nāsi | nāsīm |
locative (lokatīvs) | nāsī | nāsīs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | nāss | nāsis |
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “nāss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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