gaiss

See also: gaišs

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gaišas. Cognates include Latvian gaiss and Lithuanian gaisas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡài̯sʲsʲ]
• Hyphenation: gaiss

Noun

gaiss m

1. air

Declension

Declension of gaiss (type 2 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	gaiss	gaiši
genitive	gaiša	gaišu
dative	gaišam	gaišim
accusative	gaisi	gaišus
instrumental	gaisi	gaišim
locative	gaisī	gaišūs
vocative	gais	gaiši

References

• A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 110

Latvian

Etymology

Dialectal variant of the adjective gaišs, see there for details.

Noun

gaiss m (1st declension)

1. air

Declension

Declension of gaiss (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gaiss	gaisi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gaisu	gaisus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gaisa	gaisu
dative (datīvs)	gaisam	gaisiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gaisu	gaisiem
locative (lokatīvs)	gaisā	gaisos
vocative (vokatīvs)	gais	gaisi