ods

See also ODS

English

Noun

ods

1. Plural form of od

Interjection

ods

1. (obsolete, used in oaths etc.) God's

   Ods bodikin.

   Ods pity.

Anagrams

• DOS, DoS, do's, dos, DSO, dso, SDO, sod

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Danish

Noun

ods c

1. genitive singular indefinite of od

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Latvian

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Ods

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *uodas, from Proto-Indo-European *ōd-, *ēd- (“to eat, to bite”), whence also ēst (“to eat”). Cognates include Lithuanian úodas. The original meaning was thus “eater, biter.”

Pronunciation

• IPA: [uôts]

Noun

ods m, 1st declension

1. gnat, mosquito (small insects (order: Diptera), especially mosquitos (family: Culicidae) that bite and suck blood)

   oda kodums — mosquito bite

   malārijas odi — malaria mosquitos

   pa logu ielido odi un raudulīgi sīc, pēc asinīm izslāpuši — mosquitos flew at the window and buzzed tearfully, thirsty for blood

Declension

declension of ods

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ods	odi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	odu	odus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	oda	odu
dative (datīvs)	odam	odiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	odu	odiem
locative (lokatīvs)	odā	odos
vocative (vokatīvs)	od	odi

Synonyms

• moskīts

Derived terms

• dzēlējods

See also

• knislis
• miģele

References