nāss

From Proto-Baltic *nāsis, from Proto-Indo-European *nās-, an allomorph of *nas- (“nostril”). Semantic changes from “nose” to “nostril” or vice-versa were frequent in Indo-European. Cognates include Lithuanian nósis, Old Prussian nozy ([nōsi]), Sudovian nasis ([nāsis]) “nose”, Old Church Slavonic носъ (nosŭ), Bulgarian нос (nos), Ukrainian ніс (nis), Czech, Polish nos, Old English nasu, Old High German nasa, German Nase, English nose, Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā), Latin nāsus (“nose”), nāris (“nostril”) (< *nāsis).[1]

• IPA^(key): [nāːs]

nāss f (6th declension)

1. (anatomy) nostril (one of two openings at the bottom of the nose)

   jutīgas nāsis ― sensitive nostrils

   platas nāsis ― wide nostrils

   nāsis dreb ― the nostrils are trembling

   aizspiest nāsis ― to clip one's nostrils

   knišļi lien zirgam nāsīs ― midges are crawling into the horse's nostrils

   zaķa purniņš sāka raustīties, nāsis dzīvāk ošņāt ― the hare's little muzzle began to twitch, (its) nostrils to sniff more actively

   salda medus dvaša spiedās viņam mutē un nāsīs ― the sweet breath (= smell) of honey pressed itself into his mouth and nostrils

• nāsenis

• nazāls, nazālums, nazalizēt

• deguns