auksts

Alteration of austs ‘cooled’, past participle of dialectal aũsīt, aũsēt ‘to cool off, down’, ausināt (“to cool off hot food, with a spoon”) (compare Lithuanian áušti (“to cool down”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Latin autumnus, Old Irish úacht, Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The -k- may be due to contamination with obsolete aukt (“to be cool, cold”), sporadically attested in 18th-century sources.^[1]

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auksts (definite aukstais, comparative aukstāks, superlative visaukstākais, adverb auksti)

1. cold (an object or substance that has a relatively low temperature)

   auksts roka ― cold hands

   auksts ūdens ― cold water

   auksta tēja ― cold tea

   ēdiens ir jau auksts ― the food is already cold

   auksts kā ledus ― cold as ice

   aukstais karš ― the cold war

2. cold (weather, air temperature during a certain period of time)

   auksts rudens, pavasaris ― a cold autumn/fall, spring

   auksts rīts ― a cold morning

   kļūst auksts ― it is getting cold

   šodien ir ļoti auksts ― today it is very cold

3. associated with the feeling or sensation of cold

   gājējam kļūst auksti ― the passer-by/pedestrian got cold

   auksti drebuļi ― cold shivers, chills

   aukstas trīsas ― a cold thrill

   man auksts pārskrēja pār visu muguru ― a cold (chill) ran through my spine, back

4. food which is to be eaten cold

   aukstie ēdieni, uzkodas ― cold food, appetizers

   aukstais galds ― cold table (= table with cold food)

5. (figuratively) cold (one who does not care about the feelings of others; insensitive, rude)

   auksts prāta cilvēks ― a cold-minded person

6. (figuratively) cold (of a gesture or behavior typical of an insensitive or rude person)

   auksts skatiens, smaids ― a cold look, smile

   auksta uzņemšana ― a cold reception

• salts
• vēss, dzestrs, svaigs, spirgts

• karsts
• silts

• aukstais karš
• aukstums