Latvian

Klepus

Klepus

Noun

klepus m (3th declension)

1. cough, coughing (a sudden noisy burst of air from one's mouth, often a disease symptom)

   sauss, mokošs klepus‎ ― dry, painful cough

   dziļš klepus‎ ― deep cough

   rejošs klepus‎ ― strong, deep (lit. barking) cough

   klepus lēkme‎ ― coughing (lit. cough attack)

   aizturēt klepus‎ ― to hold (one's) cough(ing)

   garais klepus‎ ― whooping cough (lit. the long cough)

   viņam uznāca stiprs klepus‎ ― he coughed strongly (lit. to him came a strong cough)

Declension

Synonyms

• kāss

Related terms

• klepot

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “klepus”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7