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gailis

gailis

Latvian

Gailis

Noun

gailis m (2nd declension)

  1. rooster, cock (male domestic fowl, especially Gallus gallus)
    lielīgs kā gailis ― boastful as a rooster
    gaiļa gadirooster years (= adolescence)
  2. (in the plural) time (very early morning) when roosters crow; the crowing itself
    pirmie gaiļi ― the first rooster crow (of the rooster)
    otrie, trešie gaiļi ― the second, third rooster crow

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