haizivs

Latvian

Haizivs

Etymology

From Icelandic hái (compare há- (“of or pertaining to shark kind”)), a short form of hákarl (“a shark”), a compound of hár (“high, great”) and karl (“man”); and zivs (“fish”). Probably a calque of German Haifisch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

haizivs f (6th declension)

1. shark (scaleless, sharp-toothed predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha)

   haizivju zobi ― shark teeth

   haizivju aste ― shark tail

Declension

Declension of haizivs (6th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	haizivs	haizivis
accusative (akuzatīvs)	haizivi	haizivis
genitive (ģenitīvs)	haizivs	haizivju
dative (datīvs)	haizivij	haizivīm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	haizivi	haizivīm
locative (lokatīvs)	haizivī	haizivīs
vocative (vokatīvs)	haizivs	haizivis