lemesis
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lémešis. From the same stem as the verb lemt (“to decide, to resolve”) in its old meaning, “to break.” Cognates include Lithuanian lẽmežis (“plowshare; part of the plow where the plowshare fits”), Russian ле́мех (lémex, “plowshare”), Czech lemes, Polish lemiesz.[1]
Noun
lemesis m (2nd declension)
Declension
Declension of lemesis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | lemesis | lemeši |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | lemesi | lemešus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | lemeša | lemešu |
dative (datīvs) | lemesim | lemešiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | lemesi | lemešiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | lemesī | lemešos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | lemesi | lemeši |
Derived terms
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lemesis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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