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	plural
nominative	haizivs	haizivis
genitive	haizivs	haizivju
dative	haizivij	haizivīm
accusative	haizivi	haizivis
instrumental	haizivi	haizivīm
locative	haizivī	haizivīs
vocative	haizivs	haizivis