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.
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haizivs f (6th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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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 |