nāss

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nāsis, from Proto-Indo-European *nās-, an allomorph of *nas- (“nostril”). Semantic changes from “nose” to “nostril” or vice-versa were frequent in Indo-European. Cognates include Lithuanian nósis, Old Prussian nozy (), Sudovian nasis () “nose”, Proto-Slavic *nosъ “nose” (from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús), Old English nasu, Old High German nasa, German Nase, English nose, Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā), Latin nāsus (“nose”), nāris (“nostril”) (< *nāsis).^[1]

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nāss f (6th declension)

1. (anatomy) nostril (one of two openings at the bottom of the nose)

   jutīgas nāsis ― sensitive nostrils

   platas nāsis ― wide nostrils

   nāsis dreb ― the nostrils are trembling

   aizspiest nāsis ― to clip one's nostrils

   knišļi lien zirgam nāsīs ― midges are crawling into the horse's nostrils

   zaķa purniņš sāka raustīties, nāsis dzīvāk ošņāt ― the hare's little muzzle began to twitch, (its) nostrils to sniff more actively

   salda medus dvaša spiedās viņam mutē un nāsīs ― the sweet breath (= smell) of honey pressed itself into his mouth and nostrils

• nāsenis

• nazāls, nazālums, nazalizēt

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