gailis
Latvian
Gailis
Etymology
From *gal-n-o, enlargement of *gl̥H-o, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *golH-so. Cognates include Welsh galw (“call”), English call, Lithuanian gal̃sas (“echo”), Russian голос (gólos, “voice”), Polish głos (“voice”), Albanian gjuhë (“voice”)).
Noun
gailis m, 2nd declension
- rooster, cock (male domestic fowl, especially Gallus gallus)
- lielīgs kā gailis — boastful as a rooster
- gaiļa gadi — rooster years (= adolescence)
- (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
Declension
declension of gailis
