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	plural
nominative	āpsis	āpši
genitive	āpša	āpšu
dative	āpsim	āpšiem
accusative	āpsi	āpšus
instrumental	āpsi	āpšiem
locative	āpsī	āpšos
vocative	āpsi	āpši