avs

See also: AVS

Latvian

Avs

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Noun

avs f (6th declension)

1. (dated) ewe (female sheep; also generic term)

   avju gans ― shepherd

   avs piens ― ewe(= sheep) milk

Usage notes

The term aita is more frequent than avs, which is considered dated, both as a generic and as the specific name of the female.

Declension

Declension of avs (6th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	avs	avis
accusative (akuzatīvs)	avi	avis
genitive (ģenitīvs)	avs	avju
dative (datīvs)	avij	avīm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	avi	avīm
locative (lokatīvs)	avī	avīs
vocative (vokatīvs)	avs	avis

See also

• aita
• auns
• teķis
• jērs