auss – Latvian noun declension

Noun: auss
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	auss
Accusative	ausi
Genitive	auss
Dative	ausij
Instrumental	ausi
Locative	ausī
Vocative	auss

Plural

Nominative	ausis
Accusative	ausis
Genitive	ausu
Dative	ausīm
Instrumental	ausīm
Locative	ausīs
Vocative	ausis

Sample Sentences

ārējā, iekšējā auss (outer, inner ear)
pakasīt aiz auss (to scratch behind the ear)
spalvainas ausis (hairy ears)
ausu ārsts (ear doctor)
auss eja (ear canal)
auss iekaisums (ear infection)
nedzirdīgas, kurlas ausis (deaf ears)
saberzēt nosalušas ausis (to rub (one's) ice-cold ears)
ausīs džinkst, dūc, zvana, dun, šalc, rūc, šņāc ((one's) ears are buzzing, whizzing, ringing)
mūsu auss skaņas svārstības uztver tikai no 15 līdz 20000 hercu intervālā (our ear's sound perception range covers an interval of only 15 to 20000 Hertz)
suns aprimst kaukt un aizdomīgi paceļ ausis (the dog stopped howling and suspiciously raised his ears)
slēpt ko no ziņkārām ausīm (to hide something from curious ears)
labas ausis (good ears (= hearing))
vājas ausis (weak, poor ears (= hearing))
nē, es redzu: jūsu ausim mani vārdi ir tukša skaņa (no, I see: to your ears my words are empty sounds)
nolaist cepures ausis (to let down (one's) hat ears)
būrtnīca ar ausīm (a notebook with ears)
durvīs parādās večuks... ziemas cepures ausis nokarājas uz abām pusēm kā dažkārt zaķim (an old man showed up at the door... the ears of his winter hat were hanging on both sides as bunny ears sometimes do)

Nouns inflected like auss

Havaju zoss, žults, balss, takts, pirts, acs, ass, uts, vēsts, pilsētvalsts, cūkkūts, debess, maksts, cūku kūts, valsts, auss, kūts, zoss,

Etymology

A 6th-declension stem based on an earlier plural form ausì, from Proto-Baltic *auš-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”). From Proto-Baltic, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-. Cognates include Lithuanian ausi̇̀s, Old Prussian āusins (accusative plural), Proto-Slavic *uxo, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō) (< Proto-Germanic *ausô, Old High German ōra, German Ohr, Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬌 (uši, “both ears, mind, reason”), Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Latin auris (< *ausis). See: Gothic Nouns '𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉', German Nouns 'Ohr', Ancient Greek Nouns 'οὖς', Latin Nouns 'auris'.

Verbs referencing "auss"

English Nouns ear.