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kāss

kāss

See also: kass

Latvian

Kāss
Kāss

Noun

kāss m (1st declension)

  1. cough, coughing (a sudden noisy burst of air from one's mouth, often a disease symptom)
    tas bija liels un nepārtraukts kāss ― that was a big, uninterrupted cough(ing)
    lāgiem viņai uznāca kāss, tad viņa ilgi kāsēja bez balss, gandrīz nosmakdama ― sometimes she had a cough, then she coughed without voice for a while, almost stifling
    sauss, rejošs kāss mainās ar sēcošas aizdusas brīžiem ― a dry, barking (= deep) cough sometimes alternates with wheezing shortness of breath

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), kāss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7