sauss

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *saušás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews-. Cognates include Latvian sauss and Lithuanian saũsas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsàu̯ss]
• Hyphenation: sauss

Adjective

sauss

1. dry

Declension

Indefinite declension of sauss (type 1 adjective)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	sauss	sausi	sausa	sausys, sausas1)
genitive	sausa	sausu	sausys, sausas1)	sausu
dative	sausam	sausim	sausai	sausom
accusative	sausu	sausus	sausu	sausys, sausas1)
instrumental	sausu	sausim	sausu	sausom
locative	sausā	sausūs	sausā	sausuos
1) dialectal

Definite declension of sauss (type 1 adjective)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	sausais, sausīs	sausī	sausuo	sausuos
genitive	sausuo	sausūs	sausuos	sausūs
dative	sausajam	sausajim	sausajai	sausajom
accusative	sausū	sausūs	sausū	sausuos
instrumental	sausū	sausajim	sausū	sausajom
locative	sausajā	sausajūs	sausajā	sausajuos

References

• Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN