maiss
Latvian
Maiss
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *maiš-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maišás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós, *moi-sḱo- (“sheep; skin”).
Cognates include Lithuanian maĩšas (“sack”), Old Prussian moasis (mōsis, “bellows”) (from *mōi- from *mai-), Old Church Slavonic мѣхъ (měxŭ, “bag”), Russian мех (mex, “fur, bellows”), Czech měch (“sack, bellows”), Polish miech (“sack, bellows”), Old Norse meiss (“basket”), Old High German meisa (“pannier”), Middle Low German meise (“keg, barrel”), Sanskrit मेष (meṣa, “ram, sheep; sheepskin, fur”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [màjs]
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Noun
maiss m (1st declension)
- sack, bag (container made of cloth, plastic, paper, etc. for transportation or storage)
- audekla, papīra maiss ― cloth, paper sack
- tukšs, pilns, caurs mais ― empty, full, leaky sack
- iebērt maisā miltus ― to pour flour into a sack
- miltu, cukura maisi ― flour, sugar sacks
- sabērt pagrabā desmit maisu kartupeļu ― to pour, store ten sacks of potatoes in the basement
Declension
Declension of maiss (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | maiss | maisi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | maisu | maisus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | maisa | maisu |
| dative (datīvs) | maisam | maisiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | maisu | maisiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | maisā | maisos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | mais | maisi |
Derived terms
- guļammaiss
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “maiss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN