From Nīla (“Nile river”) + zirgs (“horse”), probably a calque of German Nilpferd, itself ultimately a calque (with Nile instead of river) from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos) (from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”)).
nīlzirgs m (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | nīlzirgs | nīlzirgi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | nīlzirgu | nīlzirgus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | nīlzirga | nīlzirgu |
dative (datīvs) | nīlzirgam | nīlzirgiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | nīlzirgu | nīlzirgiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | nīlzirgā | nīlzirgos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | nīlzirg | nīlzirgi |