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kāss
kāss
See also: kass
Latvian
Noun
kāss m (1st declension)
- 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
Declension
Declension of kāss (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | kāss | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | kāsu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | kāsa | — |
dative (datīvs) | kāsam | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | kāsu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | kāsā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | kās | — |
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References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “kāss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7