zivs – Latvian noun declension

Noun: zivs
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	zivs
Accusative	zivi
Genitive	zivs
Dative	zivij
Instrumental	zivi
Locative	zivī
Vocative	zivs

Plural

Nominative	zivis
Accusative	zivis
Genitive	zivju
Dative	zivīm
Instrumental	zivīm
Locative	zivīs
Vocative	zivis

Sample Sentences

jūras zivis (sea fish)
svaigas zivis (fresh fish)
saldētas zivis (frozen fish)
žāvēt zivis (to dry fish)
zivju dīķi (fish ponds)
zivju eļļa (fish oil)
zivju nārsts (fish spawning)
plēsīgās zivis (predatory fish)
zivju konservi (canned fish)
zivju ikri, spuras (fish eggs, fins)
saldūdens zivis (freshwater fish)
dziļūdens zivis (deep-water fish)
vilkt, zvejot zivis (to catch fish)
zivju rūpniecība (the fish(ing) industry)
kā zivs ūdenī (like 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)”)

Nouns inflected like zivs

skrimšļzivs, avs, zobenzivs, haizivs, nāvs, govs, zivs,

Etymology

1. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-. Cognates include Lithuanian žuvi̇̀s (“fish”), Old Prussian suckis (zukis, “fish”), Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús) and Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn).
2. 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”). The unrounding of *u before labial consonants *v or *b is regular in Latvian, except the Curonian dialect (compare dibens). See: Ancient Greek Nouns 'ἰχθύς'.

Verbs referencing "zivs"

Romanian Nouns juvete, Latvian Nouns zvīņa.