kaits

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑits/, [ˈkɑ̯iˑts]

Etymology 1

    Deverbal from kaitsõ (“to guard”).

    Noun

    kaits

    1. defense, protection
    2. guard
      Synonym: vakț
    Declension
    Declension of kaits (94)
    singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
    nominative (nominatīv) kaits kāitsõd
    genitive (genitīv) kaits kāitsõd
    partitive (partitīv) kaitsõ kāitsidi
    dative (datīv) kaitsõn kāitsõdõn
    instrumental (instrumentāl) kaitskõks kāitsõdõks
    illative (illatīv) kaitsõ kāitsiž
    inessive (inesīv) kaitssõ kāitsis
    elative (elatīv) kaitsstõ kāitsist

    References

    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kaits”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

    Etymology 2

      Verb

      kaits

      1. Salaca form of kaitsõ (“to guard”)

      References

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