ķīsis

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See also: kisis

Latvian

 ķīsis on Latvian Wikipedia
Ķīsis

Etymology

Borrowed from Livonian kiš (ruffe); compare cognates in other Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish kiiski, Estonian kiisk, kiis (ruffe)). This word is already attested in 15th-16th century family names, in 17th-century dictionaries as ķīsa, ķīsis, and from the 18th century on only in its modern form ķīsis.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ķīsis m (2nd declension)

  1. ruffe (small freshwater fish, especially Gymnocephalus cernua)
    ķīsis barojas ar odu kāpuriem un zivju ikriemthe ruffe feeds on mosquito larvae and fish eggs

Declension

References

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