[màjzɛ]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *maiž-, an ablaut variant of *miež- (whence Latvian mieži (“barley”)), from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, probably from the stem *h₂meh₁- (“to cut; to mow”) modified into *mey-, and with an added element *ǵ (whence Proto-Baltic *ž, whence Latvian z). Cognates include Old Prussian mayse (“barley”) (misspelled as wayse in the 16th-century source), Old Iranian *maiz- "to sow".
- declension-5, femininebread (foodstuff, baked from wheat, rye, sometimes corn)
“kviešu, rudzu maize” — wheat, rye bread
“neraudzēta maize” — unleavened bread
“maizes klaips, šķēle” — loaf, slice of bread
- declension-5, femininebread dough
“mīcīt maizi” — to knead bread
“maize rūgst” — the bread (dough) is fermenting
- declension-5, feminine, poeticcereals, cereal grains, especially rye, wheat
“priecīgākā diena, kad klētī sāk smaržot jaunā maize” — joyful day, when the barn starts to smell like new bread (= wheat)
- declension-5, feminine, figurativelyfood, nutrition
“viņš var ēst tēva maizi bez kādām rūpēm” — he can eat his father's bread without any worries
- declension-5, feminine, figurativelyessential, necessary element
“metāls ir rūpniecības maize” — metal is the bread of industry
- declension-5, feminine, figurativelylivelihood, means of supporting oneself; work
“J. Vītols bija atradis darbu un maizi Pēterpilī” — J. Vītols had found work and bread in Pēterpils (St. Petersburg)
“ja kāds aiziet citā maizē: zinātnieka vai inženiera, vai mākslinieka maizē...” — if someone goes into another bread (= profession): the scientific or engineering, or the artistic bread (= profession)...
Formasmaize(nominative, singular) · maizes(nominative, plural) · maizes(genitive, singular) · maižu(genitive, plural) · maizei(dative, singular) · maizēm(dative, plural) · maizi(accusative, singular) · maizes(accusative, plural) · maizi(instrumental, singular) · maizēm(instrumental, plural) · maizē(locative, singular) · maizēs(locative, plural) · maize(singular, vocative) · maizes(plural, vocative)