zoss

Latvian
Zosis

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *źansís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zùos]

Noun

zoss f (6th declension)

  1. goose (several birds of the tribe Anatini or subfamily Anatinae of the Anatidae family, genera Anser, Branta, and Chen)
    zosu bars ― a flock of geese
    zosu spalvas ― goose feathers
    zoss cepetis ― goose roast
    meža zoss ― wild (lit. forest) goose
    pelēkā zoss ― gray goose

Declension
Declension of zoss (6th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) zoss zosis
accusative (akuzatīvs) zosi zosis
genitive (ģenitīvs) zoss zosu
dative (datīvs) zosij zosīm
instrumental (instrumentālis) zosi zosīm
locative (lokatīvs) zosī zosīs
vocative (vokatīvs) zoss zosis

Derived terms

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