āzis

See also: azis

Latvian

Āzis

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *āž-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(y)ǵ- (“goat”). Cognates include Lithuanian ožỹs, Old Prussian wosux (/⁠vōzuks⁠/), Proto-Slavic *azь (Russian язь (jazʹ) “ide (fish)” < “goat”), Sanskrit अज (ajá), Albanian dhi (< *a-dhi), Old Armenian այծ (ayc).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [âːzis]

• Audio:

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Noun

āzis m (2nd declension)

1. male goat, billy goat, buck

   āža bārda, bārdiņa ― (little) goat beard, goatee

   tiepīgs kā āzis ― as stubborn as a goat

Declension

Declension of āzis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	āzis	āži
accusative (akuzatīvs)	āzi	āžus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	āža	āžu
dative (datīvs)	āzim	āžiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	āzi	āžiem
locative (lokatīvs)	āzī	āžos
vocative (vokatīvs)	āzi	āži

Derived terms

• stirnāzis, stirnuāzis, stirnu āzis
• (dialectal form) mežāzis

See also

• kaza
• kazlēns