виз

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виз • (viz) (Mongolian spelling ᠸᠢᠰᠠ (wisa))

1. visa

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виз • (viz) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of ви́за (víza)

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Виз (риба)

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• віз (viz), виза (vyza)

From Proto-Slavic *vyzъ (“European sturgeon”), with later loans likely from West Slavic, although Melnychuk posits that Ukrainian виз (vyz), is likely a borrowing from Polish wyz or Czech vyza, seemingly contradicting this claim

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виз • (vyz) m animal (genitive ви́за, nominative plural ви́зи, genitive plural ви́зів)

1. bastard sturgeon, thorn sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris, a fish of the genus Acipenser)

   Synonym: шип m (šyp)

• “виз”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “виз”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Kolomijec, V. T. (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб [The Origin of the Common Slavic Names of Fish] (К IX Международному съезду славистов) (in Russian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 132
• Yuliya Kutsokon, Yuriy Kvach (2012 September) “Українські назви міног і риб фауни України для наукового вжитку [Ukrainian names of lampreys and fishes of the fauna of Ukraine]”, in Studia Biologica‎, volume 6, number 2, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 199-220