[bàls]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *balsas, from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰol- (“to sound, to speak, to roar, to bark”), with an extra suffix -so (*bʰol-so-s). Cognates include Lithuanian bal̃sas, Russian болтать (boltatʹ, “to chat, to chatter”), dialectal балдить (balditʹ, “to often repeat the same thing”), Old High German bellan, German bellen (“to bark”), Middle Low German bulderen, German poltern (“to rumble; to speak loud”).
- declension-6, femininevoice (sound produced by the human respiratory tract for speaking, singing, etc.)
“spēcīga balss” — strong voice
“balss trīc, dreb” — the voice trembles
“balss tembrs, spēks, augstums” — voice timbre, power, pitch
- declension-6, femininevoice, intonation (how a person's voice sounds, expressing or revealing mental states)
“priecīga, skumja balss” — happy, sad voice
“dusmīga, mierīga, vienaldzīga balss” — angry, calm, indifferent voice
- declension-6, femininevoice (someone who cannot be seen but can be heard)
“kadā balss ierunājās aiz muguras” — some voice spoke behind (his) back
- declension-6, femininevoice (metaphorical means of communicating feelings, mental states)
“zemes balss” — the voice of the earth
“sirds balss” — the voice of one's heart
- declension-6, femininevoice (capacity for singing)
“augsta, zema balss” — high, low (pitched) voice
“dziedātāja balss” — a singer's voice
“balss diapazons” — voice range
- declension-6, femininevoice (single melodic line)
“augšējā balss” — the upper voice
“pastāvīga balss” — constant voice
“balsu kustība” — voice movement
- declension-6, femininevoice (sounds and calls produced by animals)
“putnu balsis” — bird songs
“lakstīgalas balss” — nightingale's voice
- declension-6, femininevoice (sound produced by natural phenomena or objects)
“vēja balss” — the voice of the wind
- declension-6, femininevoice (general thoughts, beliefs, of a group of people)
“tautas balss” — the voice of the people
“sabiedrības balss” — the voice of society, public voice
- declension-6, femininevoice (expression of a mental state)
“naida balss” — the voice of hate
“cilvēcības balss” — the voice of humanity
- declension-6, femininevoice (capacity or opportunity to express one's opinion)
“tauta, kam bija atņemta sava balss” — a people who had been deprived of their voice
- declension-6, femininevote (citizen's will, expressed in an election, a referendum)
“nodot, atdot, dot (savu) balsi” — to give one's vote, to vote
- declension-6, femininevote (opinion, to be counted, expressed in a debate or discussion)
“izšķirt jautājumu ar balsu vairākumu” — to settle the question by majority vote
“absolūtais balsu vairākums” — absolute voting majority
Formasbalss(nominative, singular) · balsis(nominative, plural) · balss(genitive, singular) · balsu(genitive, plural) · balsij(dative, singular) · balsīm(dative, plural) · balsi(accusative, singular) · balsis(accusative, plural) · balsi(instrumental, singular) · balsīm(instrumental, plural) · balsī(locative, singular) · balsīs(locative, plural) · balss(singular, vocative) · balsis(plural, vocative)