[ˈsàws]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *sausas (perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *saušás), from Proto-Indo-European *saus-, *sus- (“dry”), maybe from the stem *seu-, *sū-, *su- (“juice, liquid; to squeeze juice; to suck”) (whence also Latvian sūkt (“to suck”)), either with an additional s or reduplicated. The meaning change was probably “squeezed (for juice), sucked” > “without (juice, liquid)” > “dry.”
Cognates include Lithuanian saũsas, Old Prussian sausā (accusative; ā < an), Proto-Slavic *suxъ (Old Church Slavonic соухъ (suxŭ), Russian сухо́й (suxój), Belarusian сухі́ (suxí), Ukrainian сухи́й (suxýj), Bulgarian сух (suh), Czech suchý, Polish suchy), Sanskrit शुष्क (śuṣka), Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos) (< *sausos), Latin sūdus (“dry, sunny”) (< *susdos), Ossetian сусӕн (susæn, “dry month”).
- dry (containing (relatively) little or no liquid, moisture, vapor; whose surface has (relatively) little or no liquid, moisture)
“sausas smiltis” — dry sand
“sausa malka” — dry firewood
“sausas lapas” — dry leaves
- dry (which has lost the liquid or moisture that it previously had)
“sauss dīķis” — dry pond
“sausa aka” — dry well
“katls izvārījies sauss” — the kettle has boiled dry
- dry (containing less liquid, moisture than usual, than other comparable items)
“sausā barība” — dry food
“sausais raugs” — dry yeast
“sausais piens” — dried milk
- dry (characterized by relatively little humidity in the air or soil, by relatively less rainfall)
“sauss laiks, klimats” — dry weather, climate
“sauss vējš” — dry wind
“sausa vasara” — dry summer
- dry (which happens, is carried out without the use of water, of fluids; which does not produce water, fluids)
“sausā spodrināšana” — dry shine
“sausais putekļu uztvērējs” — dry dust collector
“sausais pleirīts” — dry pleurisy
- dry, thin, weak
“atbrauca mazs, sauss vīriņš stipri apnēsātā samta uzvalkā” — a little dry (= weak-looking) man arrived in a shabby velvet suit
“vanagu pagalmā ienāca Mālnieka tēvs, garš, sauss vecis” — MMālnieks' father came into the hawk yard, a tall, dry (= fragile) old man
- dry (without emotionality, without compassion or concern)
“sauss cilvēks” — dry person
“sauss stils” — dry style
“sausa valoda” — dry language
- dry (without feelings; which causes no feelings)
“Ausma jutās nelaimīga neradošajā, sausajā bibliotēkas darbā” — Ausma felt unhappy in (= with) (the) non-creative, dry library work
“statistika ir nepielūdzama: šķietami sausie skaitļi allaž parāda, kas paveikts un kur vēl spēcīgāk pieliekams plecs” — statistics is relentless: the seemingly dry figures always show what (was) done and where shoulders must be bent even more strongly (= where one must work harder)
- dry, toneless, hollow
“Paipa iesmējās sīku, sausu smiekliņu” — Paipa laughed a little dry laugh
Formassàuss(canonical) · sausais(definite) · sausāks(comparative) · vissausākais(superlative) · sausi(adverb) · sauss(masculine, nominative, singular) · sausi(masculine, nominative, plural) · sausa(feminine, nominative, singular) · sausas(feminine, nominative, plural) · sausa(genitive, masculine, singular) · sausu(genitive, masculine, plural) · sausas(feminine, genitive, singular) · sausu(feminine, genitive, plural) · sausam(dative, masculine, singular) · sausiem(dative, masculine, plural) · sausai(dative, feminine, singular) · sausām(dative, feminine, plural) · sausu(accusative, masculine, singular) · sausus(accusative, masculine, plural) · sausu(accusative, feminine, singular)