mēness

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See also: meness and Mēness

Latvian

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Mēness

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (moon, month), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (to measure). Cognates include Lithuanian mėnuo (month, moon), Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ, moon, month) (Russian ме́сяц (mésjac), Polish miesiąc, Czech měsíc), Sanskrit मास (māsa), Persian ماه (mâh), Old Armenian ամիս (amis), Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, moon), Latin mēnsis (month) (Spanish mes, Italian mese, French mois), Proto-Celtic *mīns (Irish , Welsh mis), Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (month) (Old English mōnaþ, English month, German Monat, Dutch maand, Swedish månad).

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Noun

mēness m (2nd declension, irregular nominative, genitive)

  1. (astronomy) moon (largest satellite of the Earth; often Mēness)
    mēness aptumsumslunar eclipse
    mēness virsmamoon surface
    mēness gaisma, mēnessgaismamoonlight
    mēness spīdthe moon shines
    mēness nakts(full) moon night
    mēness jūramoon sea, mare (dark area on the surface of the moon)
    mēness kalendārslunar calendar
    mēness fāzesmoon phases
    jauns, augošs, pilns, dilstošs mēnessnew, crescent, full, waning moon
    vecs mēnessold moon (visible only as a thin crescent oriented towards the sun)
    tukšs mēnessempty moon (new moon when entirely invisible)
    bāls kā mēnesspale as the moon
  2. (astronomy) moon, satellite (of another planet)
    Jupitera mēnešithe moons of Jupiter

Usage notes

  • When referring to the Earth's largest satellite as a location, mēness is often capitalized: Mēness.
  • The noun mēnesis (month) is often confused with its homonym mēness (moon), with which it has most declension forms in common (only the nominative singular and genitive singular forms of these two nouns are different).

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