oža
Karelian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *osa. Cognate with Finnish osa.
Noun edit
oža (genitive ožan, partitive ožua)
Derived terms edit
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From the same stem as the verb ost (“to smell”) (q.v.), with an extra ending -yā: *uod-ya > oža.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oža f (4th declension)
- (sense) smell (the capacity to perceive various chemical substances in suspension in the air)
- jutīga oža ― sensitive (sense of) smell
- ožas orgāns, nervs, šūnas ― olfactory organ, nerve, cells
- ožas analizators ― olfactory system
- sunim smalka oža ― the dog (has) a fine (sense of) smell
- noteikt ēdiena kvalitāti pēc ožas ― to determine the quality of food by (one's sense of) smell
- putnu sunim jābūt ar labu ožu, lai viņš putnu pēdas un pašus putnus tālu saostu un ātri atrastu ― a bird dog must have a good (sense of) smell, so that he can smell and quickly find a bird's track or even the bird itslef
- (rare) smell, odor
- komisijas locekļi sapulcējās, lai dotu pēdējo novērtējumu konserviem... tika ņemti vērā izstrādājumu garša, oža, konsistence un ārējais noformējums ― the commission members met to give the last assessment on the canned food... the taste, smell, consistence and external form of the products were taken into account
Declension edit
Declension of oža (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | oža | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | ožu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ožas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | ožai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | ožu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | ožā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | oža | — |
Synonyms edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ost”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN