kāsis

See also kaŝis

Latvian

Kāsis

Etymology

The origin of this word is not clear. It may stem from Proto-Indo-European *ḱāk-, *ḱak- (“branch, pole”), via metathesis (*kāḱ- > Proto-Baltic *kāš- > Latvian kāsis, with the original meaning being “bent branch.” Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal kóšis, and maybe also Sanskrit काशिः (“hollow of the hand”), if indeed its older meaning was “meander,” “bent, crooked one.” (Proto-Indo-European *ḱāk-, *ḱak- without metathesis would have yielded Latvian dialectal saķis (“bifurcated ending”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Sanskrit शाखा (“branch”).)^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA: [kàːsis]

Noun

kāsis m, 2nd declension

hook (object with a curved, sharp tip used for suspending or hanging)
dzelzs, tērauda kāsis — iron, steel hook

uzkabināt uz kāša — to hang (something) on a hook

pakārt katlu kāsi virs uguns — to hang the pothook over the fire

nocelt podu no kāša — to lift, remove a pot from the hook
(syn. ķeksis) stick, bar with a hook or crooked tip
izvilkt ar kāsi ūdens spaini no akas — to pull a bucket of water from the well with a hook
(something having) the form or shape of a hook
dzērves, zosis un pīles lido kāsī vai rindā — cranes, geese and ducks fly in a hook or in a row

saliekt stiepli kāsī — to bend the wire into a hook

Declension

declension of kāsis

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kāsis	kāši
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kāsi	kāšus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kāša	kāšu
dative (datīvs)	kāsim	kāšiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kāsi	kāšiem
locative (lokatīvs)	kāsī	kāšos
vocative (vokatīvs)	kāsi	kāši