īss

Etymology
From, , from , (from earlier “to hit, to move, to drive”). This root may have resulted from metathesis of, whence. Semantic development: “to hit, to move” > “to knock down, to reduce (with a blow)” > “made smaller, shorter” (participle). Cognates include 🇨🇬 dialectal, 🇨🇬 (accusative), 🇨🇬 (< ).

Adjective

 * 1) short having relatively little length, less than average length
 * īss stāsts, dzejolis — short story, poem
 * 1) short, laconic
 * 2) short, brief lasting relatively little time, having relatively little duration; syn.
 * 3) short which goes, ends quickly, insufficiently long
 * 4)  short-lived, insufficient
 * 5)  short pronounced with relatively little duration
 * 6) short, brief lasting only a few moments
 * 7)  short, quick small, but fast
 * 1) short which goes, ends quickly, insufficiently long
 * 2)  short-lived, insufficient
 * 3)  short pronounced with relatively little duration
 * 4) short, brief lasting only a few moments
 * 5)  short, quick small, but fast
 * 1) short which goes, ends quickly, insufficiently long
 * 2)  short-lived, insufficient
 * 3)  short pronounced with relatively little duration
 * 4) short, brief lasting only a few moments
 * 5)  short, quick small, but fast
 * 1)  short pronounced with relatively little duration
 * 2) short, brief lasting only a few moments
 * 3)  short, quick small, but fast
 * 1) short, brief lasting only a few moments
 * 2)  short, quick small, but fast
 * 1)  short, quick small, but fast
 * 1)  short, quick small, but fast