haizivs

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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 (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) haizivs haizivis
accusative (akuzatīvs) haizivi haizivis
genitive (ģenitīvs) haizivs haizivju
dative (datīvs) haizivij haizivīm
instrumental (instrumentālis) haizivi haizivīm
locative (lokatīvs) haizivī haizivīs
vocative (vokatīvs) haizivs haizivis
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