[màjs]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *maiš-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maišás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós, *moi-sḱo- (“sheep; skin”).
Cognates include Lithuanian mai̇̃šas (“sack”), Old Prussian moasis (mōsis, “bellows”) (from *mōi- from *mai-), Old Church Slavonic мѣхъ (měxŭ, “bag”), Russian мех (mex, “fur, bellows”), Czech měch (“sack, bellows”), Polish miech (“sack, bellows”), Old Norse meiss (“basket”), Old High German meisa (“pannier”), Middle Low German meise (“keg, barrel”), Sanskrit मेष (meṣa, “ram, sheep; sheepskin, fur”).
- declension-1, masculinesack, bag (container made of cloth, plastic, paper, etc. for transportation or storage)
“audekla, papīra maiss” — cloth, paper sack
“tukšs, pilns, caurs mais” — empty, full, leaky sack
“iebērt maisā miltus” — to pour flour into a sack
Formasmaiss(nominative, singular) · maisi(nominative, plural) · maisa(genitive, singular) · maisu(genitive, plural) · maisam(dative, singular) · maisiem(dative, plural) · maisu(accusative, singular) · maisus(accusative, plural) · maisu(instrumental, singular) · maisiem(instrumental, plural) · maisā(locative, singular) · maisos(locative, plural) · mais(singular, vocative) · maisi(plural, vocative)