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Latvian
Etymology
From *gal-n-o, enlargement of *gl̥H-o, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *golH-so.
Cognates include Welsh galw (“call”), English call, Lithuanian gal̃sas (“echo”), Russian го́лос (gólos, “voice”), Polish głos (“voice”), Albanian gjuhë (“voice”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
gailis m (2nd declension)
- rooster, cock (male domestic fowl, especially Gallus gallus)
- lielīgs kā gailis ― boastful as a rooster
- gaiļa gadi ― rooster years (= adolescence)
- (in the plural) time (very early morning) when roosters crow; the crowing itself
- pirmie gaiļi ― the first rooster crow (of the rooster)
- otrie, trešie gaiļi ― the second, third rooster crow
Declension
Declension of gailis (2nd declension)
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