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Meaning of gailis | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. rooster, cock (male domestic fowl, especially Gallus gallus)
  2. time (very early morning) when roosters crow; the crowing itself
    declension-2, in-plural, masculine

Equivalents

English cock rooster

Examples

“lielīgs kā gailis”

boastful as a rooster

“gaiļa gadi”

rooster years (= adolescence)

“pirmie gaiļi”

the first rooster crow (of the rooster)

“otrie, trešie gaiļi”

the second, third rooster crow

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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