mēness – Latvian noun declension

Noun: mēness
Hyphenation:

Gender: Declension:

Singular

Nominative	mēness
Accusative	mēnesi
Genitive	mēness
Dative	mēnesim
Instrumental	mēnesi
Locative	mēnesī
Vocative	mēnesi

Plural

Nominative	mēneši
Accusative	mēnešus
Genitive	mēnešu
Dative	mēnešiem
Instrumental	mēnešiem
Locative	mēnešos
Vocative	mēneši

Sample Sentences

mēness aptumsums (lunar eclipse)
mēness virsma (moon surface)
mēness gaisma, mēnessgaisma (moonlight)
mēness spīd (the moon shines)
mēness nakts ((full) moon night)
mēness jūra (moon sea, mare (dark area on the surface of the moon))
mēness kalendārs (lunar calendar)
mēness fāzes (moon phases)
jauns, augošs, pilns, dilstošs mēness (new, crescent, full, waning moon)
vecs mēness (old moon (visible only as a thin crescent oriented towards the sun))
tukšs mēness (empty moon (new moon when entirely invisible))
bāls kā mēness (pale as the moon)
Jupitera mēneši (the moons of Jupiter)

Nouns inflected like mēness

pilnmēness, mēness,

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognates include Lithuanian mė́nuo (“month, moon”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ, “moon, month”) (Russian ме́сяц (mésjac), Polish miesiąc, Czech měsíc), Sanskrit मास (māsa), Persian ماه (mâh), Old Armenian ամիս (amis), Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”) (Spanish mes, Italian mese, French mois), Proto-Celtic *mīns (Irish mí, Welsh mis), Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”) (Old English mōnaþ, English month, German Monat, Dutch maand, Swedish månad). See: Polish Nouns 'miesiąc', Czech Nouns 'měsíc', Ancient Greek Nouns 'μήν', Latin Nouns 'mēnsis', Spanish Nouns 'mes', Italian Nouns 'mese', French Nouns 'mois', Irish Nouns 'mí', English Nouns 'month', German Nouns 'Monat', Dutch Nouns 'maand', Swedish Nouns 'månad'.