lasis

See also: lasīs

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlasis]
• Rhymes: -asis
• Hyphenation: la‧sis

Verb

lasis

1. past of lasi

Latgalian

Alternative forms

• lases (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlasʲisʲ]
• Hyphenation: la‧sis

Noun

lasis

1. inflection of lase:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural
   3. accusative plural

Latvian

Lasis

Etymology

Traditionally related to Latvian lāse (“drop (of liquid)”) (dialectally attested as lase, lasis), perhaps because of the drop-like little spots on a salmon's scales, from Proto-Indo-European *laḱ- (“to sprinkle, to spatter”).

Another suggestion is that this term comes from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, to leap”), referring to the mating habits of salmons, swimming and leaping upstream; but the final k leaves the s in the Baltic and Slavic forms unexplained. One would have to assume parallel forms *lek-, *leḱ- for this stem.

Cognates include Lithuanian lãšis, lašiša, Old Prussian lalasso (probably a misspelled lasasso), Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ), Czech losos, Polish łosoś, Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (Old High German lahs, German Lachs, Swedish lax, English lax, lox), Tocharian B laksi (“fish”), Ossetian лӕсӕг (læsæg, “salmon”).

Noun

lasis m (2nd declension)

1. salmon (especially Salmo salar)

   zvejot lašus ― to fish salmon

   svaigs lasis ― fresh salmon

   žāvēts lasis ― dried salmon

   lašu/laša krāsa ― salmon color

Declension

Declension of lasis (2nd declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	lasis	laši
genitive	laša	lašu
dative	lasim	lašiem
accusative	lasi	lašus
instrumental	lasi	lašiem
locative	lasī	lašos
vocative	lasi	laši