Noun: lūsis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | lūsis |
| Accusative | lūsi |
| Genitive | lūša |
| Dative | lūsim |
| Instrumental | lūsi |
| Locative | lūsī |
| Vocative | lūsi |
Plural
| Nominative | lūši |
| Accusative | lūšus |
| Genitive | lūšu |
| Dative | lūšiem |
| Instrumental | lūšiem |
| Locative | lūšos |
| Vocative | lūši |
Sample Sentences
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Pēc 2005. gada datiem Kurzemē un Vidzemē mīt apmēram 700 ziemeļu lūšu (according to 2005 data, in Kurzeme and Vidzeme there are about 700 northern (= Eurasian) lynxes)
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vismazākie lūšu ģintī ir rūsganais lūsis (Lynx rufus) un Kanādas lūsis (Lynx canadensis) (the smallest (species) in the lynx genus are the bobcat (lit. russet lynx, Lynx rufus) and the Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis))
Nouns inflected like lūsis
vērsis,
ķeksis,
ķirsis,
puteņu mēnesis,
papuves mēnesis,
baložu mēnesis,
meteņu mēnesis,
sērsnu mēnesis,
salnas mēnesis,
sila virsis,
sējas mēnesis,
ziņnesis,
lapu mēnesis,
pustuksnesis,
medus mēnesis,
tiesnesis,
ķīsis,
āpsis,
rudens mēnesis,
siena mēnesis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lū́ˀśis, from Proto-Indo-European *lewḱ- (“lynx”), apparently a parallel form of *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) (whence Latvian lauks “field,” q.v.).
2. The animal was probably named after its glowing eyes and sharp vision, or perhaps because of its whitish fur. Cognates include Lithuanian lū́šis, Old Prussian luysis (uy maybe [ū] or [uʲ]), Russian рысь (rysʹ), Czech rys, Polish ryś, Proto-Germanic *luhs(u)- (Old High German luhs, German Luchs), Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), Old Armenian լուսանունք pl (lusanunkʻ) See: Latvian Nouns '
lauks', Russian Nouns '
рысь', Polish Nouns '
ryś', German Nouns '
Luchs', Ancient Greek Nouns '
λύγξ'.
Verbs referencing "lūsis"
Polish Nouns
ryś.
Translations