zivs

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word zivs. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word zivs, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say zivs in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word zivs you have here. The definition of the word zivs will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofzivs, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Latgalian

Zivs.

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-. Cognates include Latvian zivs and Lithuanian žuvis.

Pronunciation

Noun

zivs m (diminutive zivteņa)

  1. fish

Declension

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 17

Latvian

 zivs on Latvian Wikipedia
Zivs
Zivs
Zivs
Zivs

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-. Cognates include Lithuanian žuvìs (fish), Old Prussian suckis (zukis, fish), Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús) and Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn).

Karulis doesn't accept the resolution of the thorn cluster and so instead sets up *ǵʰeu-wi-s, *ǵʰu-wi-s from a putative Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (fish), comparing *ǵʰew- (to pour) or *ǵʰēu-, *ǵʰəu- (to gape).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

zivs f (6th declension)

  1. fish (animal that lives in water, moving with fins and breathing with gills)
    jūras zivissea fish
    svaigas zivisfresh fish
    saldētas zivisfrozen fish
    žāvēt zivisto dry fish
    zivju dīķifish ponds
    zivju eļļafish oil
    zivju nārstsfish spawning
    plēsīgās zivispredatory fish
    zivju konservicanned fish
    zivju ikri, spurasfish eggs, fins
    saldūdens zivisfreshwater fish
    dziļūdens zivisdeep-water fish
    vilkt, zvejot zivisto catch fish
    zivju rūpniecībathe fish(ing) industry
    zivs ūdenīlike a fish in water (= very comfortable)
    “vai te nav kāda upe tuvumā?” “ir; un tur ir daudz zivju“isn't there some river nearby?” “(yes,) there is; and there are a lot of fish there (= in it)”

Declension

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “zivs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN