Noun: nazis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | nazis |
| Accusative | nazi |
| Genitive | naža |
| Dative | nazim |
| Instrumental | nazi |
| Locative | nazī |
| Vocative | nazi |
Plural
| Nominative | naži |
| Accusative | nažus |
| Genitive | nažu |
| Dative | nažiem |
| Instrumental | nažiem |
| Locative | nažos |
| Vocative | naži |
Sample Sentences
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ass, truls nazis (sharp, dull knife)
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asināt nazi (to sharpen a knife)
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akmens nazis (stone knife)
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kabatas nazis (pocket knife)
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virtuves nazis (kitchen knife)
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bārdas nazis (beard knife (= razor))
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griezt ar nazi (to cut with a knife)
Nouns inflected like nazis
pīlādzis,
skrūvgriezis,
gliemezis,
drudzis,
degunradzis,
klaudzis,
dūzis,
iezis,
nazis,
vēzis,
stirnāzis,
lapgrauzis,
stirnu āzis,
gastūzis,
siena drudzis,
ledlauzis,
stirnuāzis,
milzis,
mežāzis,
riekstrozis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic ножь (nožĭ, “knife”) (compare Russian нож (nož)). The word probably entered the language in the 13th century, and is attested in its modern form in dictionaries from the 17th century on. See: Russian Nouns '
нож'.
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