jūras lauva

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Latvian

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Jūras lauvas

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Noun

jūras lauva m or f (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

  1. sea lion (family Otariidae)
    visām jūras lauvām ir kopīgs tas, ka tās ir lielāka auguma kā kotikiall sea lions have in common that they are of greater height than fur seals

Usage notes

The term jūras lauva is ambigenous. It is masculine when it refers to males and feminine when it refers to females. It is, however, always declined as a feminine noun, with the exception of its dative singular form, which is jūras lauvam when it refers to a male and jūras lauvai when it refers to a female.

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