acs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "acs"

Translingual

Symbol

acs

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Acroá.

English

Noun

acs

  1. plural of ac

Anagrams

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *akis. Cognates include Latvian acs and Lithuanian akis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈat͡sʲsʲ]
  • Hyphenation: acs

Noun

acs f (diminutive acteņa)

  1. eye

Declension
Declension of acs (type 6 noun)
singular plural
nominative acs acs, acis
genitive acs ocu
dative acei acim, ačom1)
accusative aci acs, acis
instrumental aci acim, ačom1)
locative acī acīs, ačuos1)
vocative acs acs, acis
1) dialectal

References
  • M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 131
  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 17

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic (perhaps Proto-Balto-Slavic[1][2]) *ak-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Cognates include Lithuanian akìs, Old Prussian ackis (plural), Proto-Slavic *oko (“eye”) (Old Church Slavonic око (oko), Russian, Ukrainian о́ко (óko), Bulgarian око́ (okó), Czech, Polish oko), Proto-Germanic *ago (> *augô under the influence of *ausô (“ear”); Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō), German Auge, Dutch oog, English eye), Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), Armenian ակն (akn), Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, face”), Latin oculus.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ats]
(file)

Noun

acs f (6th declension)

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ of vision)
    zilas, brūnas, melnas acis ― blue, brown, black eyes
    lielas, mazas acis ― big, small eyes
    šauras, šķības acis ― slanted eyes
    acu vāki (= plakstiņi) ― eyelids
    dzīvas, skumjas acis ― live, sad eyes
    viltīgas acis ― cunning eyes
    acu pilienis ― eye drops
    atvērt, aizvērt acis ― to close, to open one's eyes
    mirkšķināt acis ― to blink one's eyes
  2. vision, capacity to see, field of vision, attention
    acis kā vanagam, kaķim ― eyes like a hawk's, a cat's (= good vision)
    pievērst acis gleznai ― to turn one's eyes to a painting
  3. something similar to an eye in form
    gredzens ar lielu aci ― a ring with a large eye
    kartupeļu acis ― potato eyes
  4. a hole or loop with a specific purpose
    adatas acs ― eye of a needle
    tīkla acis ― mesh size
  5. (card games) value unit (when playing cards)
    dūzim ir vienpadsmit acu ― the ace has, is eleven eyes

Declension
Declension of acs (6th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) acs acis
accusative (akuzatīvs) aci acis
genitive (ģenitīvs) acs acu
dative (datīvs) acij acīm
instrumental (instrumentālis) aci acīm
locative (lokatīvs) acī acīs
vocative (vokatīvs) acs acis

Derived terms

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 365
  2. “akis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “acs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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