vēss

From Proto-Baltic *wēsus, *wēsas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow, to breathe”) (with an extra element -s), whence also Latvian vējš (“wind”). Cognates include Lithuanian vėsùs, and possibly Sanskrit वास (vāsa, “smell”), Dutch waas (“haze, mist; film”).^[1]

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vēss (definite vēsais, comparative vēsāks, superlative visvēsākais, adverb vēsi)

1. cool, cold (having a moderately low temperature)

   vēss jūras vējš ― cool sea breeze

   vēsa rasa ― cool dew

   dzert vēsu pienu ― to drink cold (lit. cool) milk

   vēss pavasaris ― cool spring

   vēss rīts ― cool morning

   septembris atnāca vēss un lietains ― September came cool and rainy

   vēss klimats ― cool climate

2. cool, cold (relating to relatively low body temperature, to the feelings caused by relatively low temperature)

   pār muguru skrien vēsas tirpas ― over (his) back ran a cool tingling

   Zintrai kļuva vēsi, un viņa piesēdās man tuvāk ― Zintra felt cold (lit. cool), and she sat closer to me

3. (of colors) cool (reflecting the feeling of cold, cool surroundings)

   saulainu telpu var krāsot arī vēsākā, atturīgākā tonī, piemēram, zilganzaļu ― a sunny room can be painted also in a cooler, more restrained tone, for example, greenish-blue

4. (of people, their behavior) cold, cool (not expressing their feelings or thoughts easily; taciturn, reticent)

   vēss smaids ― cold smile

   vēsa balss ― cold voice

   vēsas acis ― cold eyes

   vēsi vārdi ― cold words

   vēsas attiecības ― cold relations

   jo ilgāk viņa strādāja, jo vēsāka un racionālāka tapa ― the longer she worked, the colder and more rational she became

• auksts, salts
• dzestrs, spirgts, svaigs

• karsts
• silts

• vēsma
• vēsums