Latgalian edit

 
Mežs.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *medjas. Cognates include Latvian mežs and Lithuanian medis.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲɛʃs]
  • Hyphenation: mežs

Noun edit

mežs m (diminutive mežeņš)

  1. forest, wood

Declension edit

References edit

  • M. Bukšs; J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 124
  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 108

Latvian edit

 mežs on Latvian Wikipedia
 
Mežs

Etymology edit

From earlier *mežas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *medjas (genitive *meža, also yielding *meža-s by analogy), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (middle; in-between). The original meaning was “(that which is) in the middle, in-between” > “forest” (since long ago villages were like little islands between stretches of forest, “what is between (villages)” = “forest”). Cognates include Lithuanian mẽdis (tree, wood), dialectal mẽdžias (tree, forest), Old Prussian median (forest), Sudovian mejdo (tree) (< *mēdo), Proto-Slavic *meďa, *meďu (Russian межа́ (mežá, balk, unplowed strip of land; border; (dial.) little forest), ме́жду (méždu, between, in-between), Belarusian and Ukrainian межа́ (mežá, balk; border; line), Bulgarian межда́ (meždá), Czech mez, Polish miedza (balk; border)), Old Irish mide (middle), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌹𐍃 (midjis), Old High German mitti, German Mitte, English middle, Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), Latin medius.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mɛ̄ʃː]
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Noun edit

mežs m (1st declension)

  1. forest (dense collection of trees and bushes on a stretch of land)
    priežu, egļu mežspine, fir forest
    stādīt mežuto plant a forest
    meža zemenesforest (= wild) strawberries
    meža zvēriforest (= wild) animals
    meža fauna, floraforest fauna, flora
    meža pļavaforest meadow
    meža klajumsforest clearing
    meža cirtējs, mežcirtējslogger (lit. forest chopper)
    meža ugunsgrēksforest fire
    meža aizsardzībaforest protection
    mežā aug koki, krūmi un zem tiem dažādi sīki augiin the forest trees and bushes grow, and under them (also) several (kinds of) small plants

Declension edit

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