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maiss

maiss

Latvian

Maiss

Noun

maiss m (1st declension)

  1. sack, bag (container made of cloth, plastic, paper, etc. for transportation or storage)
    audekla, papīra maiss ― cloth, paper sack
    tukšs, pilns, caurs mais ― empty, full, leaky sack
    iebērt maisā miltus ― to pour flour into a sack
    miltu, cukura maisi ― flour, sugar sacks
    sabērt pagrabā desmit maisu kartupeļu ― to pour, store ten sacks of potatoes in the basement

Declension

References

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