nags – Latvian noun declension

Noun: nags
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	nags
Accusative	nagu
Genitive	naga
Dative	nagam
Instrumental	nagu
Locative	nagā
Vocative	nags

Plural

Nominative	nagi
Accusative	nagus
Genitive	nagu
Dative	nagiem
Instrumental	nagiem
Locative	nagos
Vocative	nagi

Sample Sentences

gari nagi (long nails)
ieaudzis nags (ingrown nails)
naga gultne (nail bed (base on which the nails rest))
naga sakne (nail root (part of the nail under the skin, where the nail grows))
nagu kopšana (nail care)
nagu laka (nail polish)
apgriezt nagus (to trim one's nails)
nolīdzināt nagus ar vīlīti (to file one's nails)
ar zobiem un nagiem (with tooth and nail (with complete dedication, persistently))
kaķa nags (a cat's claw)
ērgļa nagi (eagle claws)
Vanagam ir asi nagi. (A hawk has sharp talons.)
Govis apslima ar mutes un nagu sērgu. (Cows get foot-and-mouth disease.)
Šaudās acis, meklē nagi ķert un grābt. (His eyes are darting, his hands searching for something to grab and catch.)
Viņam uz atslēdznieku darbu esot nags no bērnu dienām. (He has had a knack for locksmithing since childhood.)
Zirgs klibo, [...] bet piešu asie nagi to cērt un nebeidz dzīt. (The horse stumbles, … but its sharp hoof slits cut it and do not stop moving forward.)
Zem žokej cepures naga šaurās spraugas spīdēja divas niknas acis. (Under the narrow gap of the protrusion of a jokeyš hat, two fierce eyes shone.)
Agrāk, kad bija jānēsa līdzi pičpaunā, bija daudz lielāki nagi - kur tu iznēsāsi un pieglabāsi! (In the past, when you had to carry it with you in a pitchfork, it was a much greater effort - where will you carry it and store it!)
Bet muļķītis skaidri nagos, labi zina, ja muižā rādīsies, velns paņems kā zemeni. (But a fool in a clearly desperate situation knows very well that, if he shows up at the estate, the devil will pick him lick a strawberry.)
Izplatīts akluma un vājredzības cēlonis... ir bojājumi acs optiskajā sistēmā, piemēram, lēcas vai radzenes apduļķojumi (katarakta, nags). (A common cause of blindness and low vision... is damage to the optical system of the eye, such as clouding of the lens or cornea (cataract, or nail).)

Nouns inflected like nags

vēders, akvārijs, ziloņkauls, iekaisums, šāvējs, ģitārists, ābols, dievs, ezers, tārps, omārs, bērns, kakls, kalns, kauls, putns, zieds, gājiens, grāmatsējējs, deguns, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Basically from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nágas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs (see there for further descendants). The meaning 'leg', widely attested in Slavic (cf. Ukrainian нога (noha), Russian нога (noga), Czech noha, Polish noga) and also in Old Prussian noge (cf. also meaning #3 below), probably evolved as '(finger) nail' > '(bird) claw' > '(bird) leg'. The 'metal fastener for joining wood etc.' meaning, found in Germanic languages (English nail, German Nagel), is probably derived from 'claw' as 'object for piercing'. See: Ukrainian Nouns 'нога', Russian Nouns 'нога', Czech Nouns 'noha', Polish Nouns 'noga', English Nouns 'nail', German Nouns 'Nagel'.