āzis

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Latvian

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Āzis

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *āž-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(y)ǵ- (goat). Cognates include Lithuanian ožỹs, Old Prussian wosux (/⁠vōzuks⁠/), Proto-Slavic *azь (Russian язь (jazʹ) “ide (fish)” < “goat”), Sanskrit अज (ajá), Albanian dhi (< *a-dhi), Old Armenian այծ (ayc).[1]

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Noun

āzis m (2nd declension)

  1. male goat, billy goat, buck
    āža bārda, bārdiņa(little) goat beard, goatee
    tiepīgs kā āzisas stubborn as a goat

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “āzis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN