[kaîls]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *kail-, from *koil-, the o-grade (plus an extra -l) of Proto-Indo-European *kei-, *skei- (“to cut, to divide, to separate”). For the meaning change, compare Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”), δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), then from “skin” to “bare, naked.” Cognates include Lithuanian káilis (“skin”).
- naked, nude, bare (without clothes on)
“kails bērns” — naked child
“kailas kājas” — bare feet
“izģērbties kailam” — to strip naked
- bald (without hair)
“kails galvvidus” — bald crown (of head)
- without leaves, without further growth (branches, twigs, bark)
“lapu koki kļuvuši kaili” — the leaf trees have become bald, leafless
“tur tad cauri ūdenim redzēja pelēku, kailu stumbru” — then there through the water they saw a gray, naked trunk
- without plants, without plant life, vegetation; without trees or plants nearby
“saules staros izdegusi kaila zeme” — earth burned naked by sun rays
“kailas ēkas” — naked buildings (without green areas)
“kaili mūri” — naked walls
- without, or with little, snow
“kaila ziema” — bald (i.e., snowless) winter
- naked (without or with little furniture; without comfort)
“kaila grīda” — naked floor (not covered)
“vakarā pa krēslu viņa skatījās kailās, netīras istabas” — in the evening, (sitting) on the chair, she looked at the naked, dirty rooms
- undeveloped
“viņiem taču te būs jāsāk kailā vietā” — but they will have to start (their carrers) here, in this naked place
- bare (by itself, without anything in addition to it)
“mēs esam spiestas pārtikt no kailās cietuma devas” — we are forced to live on bare prison food
- bald (without justification or evidence; inconclusive)
“kails apgalvojums” — bald (= unfounded) assertion
- naked (without explanation, without illustrative material)
“kaili fakti, skaitļi” — naked facts, figures
- naked (thinly disguised, or undisguised; easy to see or read)
“kails egoisms” — naked selfishness
“kaila nabadzība” — naked poverty
Formaskailais(definite) · kailāks(comparative) · viskailākais(superlative) · kaili(adverb) · kails(masculine, nominative, singular) · kaili(masculine, nominative, plural) · kaila(feminine, nominative, singular) · kailas(feminine, nominative, plural) · kaila(genitive, masculine, singular) · kailu(genitive, masculine, plural) · kailas(feminine, genitive, singular) · kailu(feminine, genitive, plural) · kailam(dative, masculine, singular) · kailiem(dative, masculine, plural) · kailai(dative, feminine, singular) · kailām(dative, feminine, plural) · kailu(accusative, masculine, singular) · kailus(accusative, masculine, plural) · kailu(accusative, feminine, singular) · kailas(accusative, feminine, plural)