žuvis

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źū́ˀs; related to Latvian zivs, Old Prussian suckis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-;^[1] cognate with Ancient Greek ἰχθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s), Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn, “fish”).

Since *dK- regularly yielded *iKt- in Greek (compare ἰκτῖνος (iktînos), ἑκατόν (hekatón)), Proto-Indo-European *d- as opposed to *dʰ- must be reconstructed, encouraging a connection with the root *deǵʰ- (“liquid?”); compare Old Irish deug (“drink, draught, potion”), Lithuanian dažai̇̃ (“paint, dye”). A similar semantic path can be observed in ūdra (“otter”) from *wed- (“water”) ^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʒʊˈʋʲɪs]
Rhymes: -ɪs
Syllabification: žu‧vi̇̀s

Noun

žuvi̇̀s f (plural žùvys) stress pattern 4

fish (living animal or its meat)

Usage notes

As a meat, generally only used in the singular.

Declension

Declension of **žuvi̇̀s**
	singular	plural
nominative	žuvi̇̀s	žùvys
genitive	žuviẽs	žuvų̃
dative	žùviai	žuvi̇̀ms
accusative	žùvį	žuvi̇̀s
instrumental	žuvimi̇̀	žuvimi̇̀s
locative	žuvyjè	žuvysè
vocative	žuviẽ	žùvys

Derived terms

Related terms

dažai, dažyti

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2014), “Proto-Indo-European “thorn”-clusters”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics‎^[1], volume 127, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →JSTOR

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523

[2] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2014), “Proto-Indo-European “thorn”-clusters”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics‎^[1], volume 127, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →JSTOR

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