Noun: odze
Hyphenation:
Gender:
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | odze |
| Accusative | odzi |
| Genitive | odzes |
| Dative | odzei |
| Instrumental | odzi |
| Locative | odzē |
| Vocative | odze |
Plural
| Nominative | odzes |
| Accusative | odzes |
| Genitive | odžu |
| Dative | odzēm |
| Instrumental | odzēm |
| Locative | odzēs |
| Vocative | odzes |
Sample Sentences
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odze ir vienīgā indīgā čūska Latvijā (the viper is the only poisonous snake in Latvia)
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krāsa odzei ļoti variē: pelēcīgi brūna, sarkanīgi brūna, zaļganīgi brūna vai dzeltenīgi brūna (the color of the viper varies a lot: grayish brown, reddish brown, greenish brown or yellowish brown)
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“ak tu, odze!” Kaspars dusmās grieza zobus (oh, you, viper! Kaspars gnashed his teeth in anger)
Nouns inflected like odze
slodze,
šimpanze,
palodze,
ēdienreize,
sintēze,
lielkņaze,
nabadze,
dzeguze,
neiroze,
kinetoze,
prognoze,
aizsardze,
pieredze,
avīze,
glāze,
milze,
maize,
jūdze,
blūze,
bērze, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Originally the 5th-declension parallel (analogical) form of an earlier 6th-declension (feminine i-stem) form *odzis (cf. dialectal odzs), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis.
2. Cognates include Lithuanian angi̇̀s, Old Prussian angis (“snake”), Proto-Slavic *ǫžь (“snake”) (Russian уж (už, “grass snake”), Belarusian, Ukrainian вуж (vuž), Czech užovka (“adder”), Polish wąż (“snake”)), Sanskrit अहि (áhi, “snake”), Old Armenian իժ (iž, “viper”), Ancient Greek ἔχις (ékhis), ὄφις (óphis, “snake”) (< *h₁ógʷʰis), Latin anguis (“snake, dragon”). See: Russian Nouns '
уж', Ukrainian Nouns '
вуж', Czech Nouns '
užovka', Polish Nouns '
wąż', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἔχις', Latin Nouns '
anguis'.
Verbs referencing "odze"
Russian Nouns
уж.
Translations