ezis

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Latvian

 ezis on Latvian Wikipedia
Ezis

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *ežis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”), perhaps from eǵʰi-no-s “one that deals with snakes” > “snake-eater”. Cognates include Lithuanian ežỹs, regional ẽżis, Proto-Slavic *ežь (Russian ёж (jož), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ukrainian dialectal ож (ož), Bulgarian еж (ež), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Czech regional jež, Polish jeż), Old High German igil (< *eǵʰil-), Middle Low German egel, German Igel), Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), Old Armenian ոզնի (ozni).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛzis]
  • audio:(file)

Noun

ezis m (2nd declension)

  1. hedgehog (small spiny mammal)
    eža adatas ― hedgehog needles
    ass kā ezis ― sharp as a hedgehog

Declension

Declension of ezis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ezis eži
accusative (akuzatīvs) ezi ežus
genitive (ģenitīvs) eža ežu
dative (datīvs) ezim ežiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) ezi ežiem
locative (lokatīvs) ezī ežos
vocative (vokatīvs) ezi eži

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ezis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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