[âːpsis]
CilmeFrom 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 अपस् (ápas, “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”).
- declension-2, masculinebadger (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)
Formasāpsis(nominative, singular) · āpši(nominative, plural) · āpša(genitive, singular) · āpšu(genitive, plural) · āpsim(dative, singular) · āpšiem(dative, plural) · āpsi(accusative, singular) · āpšus(accusative, plural) · āpsi(instrumental, singular) · āpšiem(instrumental, plural) · āpsī(locative, singular) · āpšos(locative, plural) · āpsi(singular, vocative) · āpši(plural, vocative)