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English
Noun
kails
- plural of kail
Anagrams
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *kail-, from *koil-, the o-grade (plus an extra -l) of Proto-Indo-European *kei-, *skei- (“to cut, to divide, to separate”). For the meaning change, compare Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”), δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), then from “skin” to “bare, naked.” Cognates include Lithuanian káilis (“skin”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
kails (definite kailais, comparative kailāks, superlative viskailākais, adverb kaili)
- naked, nude, bare (without clothes on)
- kails bērns ― naked child
- kailas kājas ― bare feet
- izģērbties kailam ― to strip naked
- bald (without hair)
- kails galvvidus ― bald crown (of head)
- (about trees, bushes, plants) without leaves, without further growth (branches, twigs, bark)
- lapu koki kļuvuši kaili ― the leaf trees have become bald, leafless
- tur tad cauri ūdenim redzēja pelēku, kailu stumbru ― then there through the water they saw a gray, naked trunk
- without plants, without plant life, vegetation; without trees or plants nearby
- saules staros izdegusi kaila zeme ― earth burned naked by sun rays
- kailas ēkas ― naked buildings (without green areas)
- kaili mūri ― naked walls
- (about winter) without, or with little, snow
- kaila ziema ― bald (i.e., snowless) winter
- (about rooms, spaces) naked (without or with little furniture; without comfort)
- kaila grīda ― naked floor (not covered)
- vakarā pa krēslu viņa skatījās kailās, netīras istabas ― in the evening, (sitting) on the chair, she looked at the naked, dirty rooms
- (about places, areas) undeveloped
- viņiem taču te būs jāsāk kailā vietā ― but they will have to start (their carrers) here, in this naked place
- bare (by itself, without anything in addition to it)
- mēs esam spiestas pārtikt no kailās cietuma devas ― we are forced to live on bare prison food
- bald (without justification or evidence; inconclusive)
- kails apgalvojums ― bald (= unfounded) assertion
- naked (without explanation, without illustrative material)
- kaili fakti, skaitļi ― naked facts, figures
- naked (thinly disguised, or undisguised; easy to see or read)
- kails egoisms ― naked selfishness
- kaila nabadzība ― naked poverty
Declension
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References
Old Prussian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *káilas, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos.
Adjective
kails
- healthy
- whole, intact
Derived terms
Interjection
Kails!
- hello; hi
- cheers (interjection for toasting)
Derived terms
References
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “kails”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius, pages 71-73