āpsis

See also: apsis and Apsis

Latvian

Āpsis

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic; compare Lithuanian opšrùs, Old Prussian wobsdus. The source may be Proto-Indo-European *op- (“to do, carry out”), from which Latvian regionalism āpēties (“work hard”) (compare Sanskrit अपः (ápaḥ, “work, organizing”), Latin opus (“work, task”)). This name would be justified by the badger's well-made burrows. A parallel case is German Dachs (“badger”) from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“weave, build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [âːpsis]

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Noun

āpsis m (2nd declension)

1. badger (name of several species of mustelids, especially Meles meles)

   āpša āda ― badger skin

   āpšu alas ― badger burrow

   dzīvot kā āpsim alā ― to live like a badger in his burrow (= without paying attention to the lives of others)

Declension

Declension of āpsis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	āpsis	āpši
accusative (akuzatīvs)	āpsi	āpšus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	āpša	āpšu
dative (datīvs)	āpsim	āpšiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	āpsi	āpšiem
locative (lokatīvs)	āpsī	āpšos
vocative (vokatīvs)	āpsi	āpši