nāss – Latvian noun declension

Noun: nāss
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	nāss
Accusative	nāsi
Genitive	nāss
Dative	nāsij
Instrumental	nāsi
Locative	nāsī
Vocative	nāss

Plural

Nominative	nāsis
Accusative	nāsis
Genitive	nāšu
Dative	nāsīm
Instrumental	nāsīm
Locative	nāsīs
Vocative	nāsis

Sample Sentences

jutīgas nāsis (sensitive nostrils)
platas nāsis (wide nostrils)
nāsis dreb (the nostrils are trembling)
aizspiest nāsis (to clip one's nostrils)
knišļi lien zirgam nāsīs (midges are crawling into the horse's nostrils)
zaķa purniņš sāka raustīties, nāsis dzīvāk ošņāt (the hare's little muzzle began to twitch, (its) nostrils to sniff more actively)
salda medus dvaša spiedās viņam mutē un nāsīs (the sweet breath (= smell) of honey pressed itself into his mouth and nostrils)

Nouns inflected like nāss

nāss, tāss,

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nāsis, from Proto-Indo-European *nās-, an allomorph of *nas- (“nostril”). Semantic changes from “nose” to “nostril” or vice-versa were frequent in Indo-European. Cognates include Lithuanian nósis, Old Prussian nozy ([nōsi]), Sudovian nasis ([nāsis]) “nose”, Proto-Slavic *nosъ “nose” (from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús), Old English nasu, Old High German nasa, German Nase, English nose, Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā), Latin nāsus (“nose”), nāris (“nostril”) (< *nāsis). See: Old English Nouns 'nasu', German Nouns 'Nase', English Nouns 'nose', Latin Nouns 'nāsus'.