āzis
See also: azis
Latvian
Āzis
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *āž-, from Proto-Indo-European *āǵ-, *h₂e(i)ǵ- (“goat”). Cognates include Lithuanian ožỹs, Old Prussian wosux ([vōzuks]), Proto-Slavic *azь (Russian язь (jaz’) “ide (fish)” < “goat”), Sanskrit अजः (ajáḥ), Albanian dhi (< *a-dhi), Old Armenian այծ (ayc).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [âːzis]
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Noun
āzis m (2nd declension)
- male goat, billy goat, buck
- āža bārda, bārdiņa ― (little) goat beard, goatee
- tiepīgs kā āzis ― as stubborn as a goat
Declension
Derived terms
- stirnāzis, stirnuāzis, stirnu āzis
- (dialectal form) mežāzis
See also
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “āzis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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