CilmeFrom Latin māius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya (“she who is great”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).
- declension-1, masculinethe month of May (the fifth month of the year)
“saulains, silts maijs” — sunny, cold May
“no maija līdz jūlijam” — from May till July
“pirmais maijs” — May 1st (International Workers' Day)
Formasmaijs(nominative, singular) · maiji(nominative, plural) · maija(genitive, singular) · maiju(genitive, plural) · maijam(dative, singular) · maijiem(dative, plural) · maiju(accusative, singular) · maijus(accusative, plural) · maiju(instrumental, singular) · maijiem(instrumental, plural) · maijā(locative, singular) · maijos(locative, plural) · maij(singular, vocative) · maiji(plural, vocative)