žuvis

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źū́ˀs; related to Latvian zivs, Old Prussian suckis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-; 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 dažaĩ (“paint, dye”). A similar semantic path can be observed in ūdra (“otter”) from *wed- (“water”)

Noun

žuvìs f (plural žùvys) stress pattern 4

1. fish (living animal or its meat)

Usage notes

• As a meat, generally only used in the singular.

Declension

Declension of žuvìs

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	žuvìs	žùvys
genitive (kilmininkas)	žuviẽs	žuvų̃
dative (naudininkas)	žùviai	žuvìms
accusative (galininkas)	žùvį	žuvìs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	žuvimì	žuvimìs
locative (vietininkas)	žuvyjè	žuvysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	žuviẽ	žùvys

Derived terms

terms derived from žuvis

• Žuvys
• žuvinis
• žuvingas
• žuviškas
• žuviena
• žvynas
• žvynė
• žvejys m, žvejė f
• žvėjoti
• žuvauti
• žūklė
• žuvininkystė
• žuvėdra
• žuvitakis
• žuvivaisa

Related terms

• dažai, dažyti