ērglis

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Ērglis

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *erélis (“eagle”) (whence dialectal Latvian erelis, then *er(e)lis > *èrdlis > *èrglis > ērglis), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *arélis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“eagle”).

Cognates include Lithuanian erẽlis, regional arẽlis, Old Prussian arelie (corrected: arelis), Hittite 𒄩𒀀𒊏𒀸 (ḫāras, “eagle”), Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (Old Church Slavonic орьлъ (orĭlŭ), Russian орёл (orjól), Belarusian аро́л (aról), Ukrainian оре́л (orél), Bulgarian оре́л (orél), Czech orel, Slovak orol, Polish orzeł), Proto-Germanic *aran (Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌰 (ara, “eagle”), Old High German arn, German Aar (poetic), Adler, Dutch adelaar (both from adel-are “noble eagle”), Danish ørn, Swedish örn, Old English earn), Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).[1]

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Noun

ērglis m (2nd declension)

  1. eagle (large carnivorous birds in fam. Accipitridae, with hooked bill and keen vision)
    kalnu ērglis ― mountain eagle
    klinšu ērglis ― imperial eagle (lit. rock eagle)
    jūras ērglis ― sea eagle
    zivju ērglis ― fish eagle
    ērgļa acis, skatiens ― eagle eyes, vision (i.e., very sharp eyes, vision)

Declension

Declension of ērglis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ērglis ērgļi
accusative (akuzatīvs) ērgli ērgļus
genitive (ģenitīvs) ērgļa ērgļu
dative (datīvs) ērglim ērgļiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) ērgli ērgļiem
locative (lokatīvs) ērglī ērgļos
vocative (vokatīvs) ērgli ērgļi

References

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