Noun: delfīns
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | delfīns |
| Accusative | delfīnu |
| Genitive | delfīna |
| Dative | delfīnam |
| Instrumental | delfīnu |
| Locative | delfīnā |
| Vocative | delfīn |
Plural
| Nominative | delfīni |
| Accusative | delfīnus |
| Genitive | delfīnu |
| Dative | delfīniem |
| Instrumental | delfīniem |
| Locative | delfīnos |
| Vocative | delfīni |
Sample Sentences
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delfīniem kā visiem vaļveidīgajiem ir vārpstas formas ķermenis (dolphins, like all Cetaceans, have a spindle-shaped body)
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delfīna galvas smadzenes savas attīstības ziņā ir pārākas par visu, ko mēs pazīstam dzīvnieku pasaulē (the dolphin's brain, as regards its development, is superior to everything we know in the animal realm)
Nouns inflected like delfīns
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Via some other European language, ultimately a borrowing from Latin delphīnus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”). See: Latin Nouns '
delphīnus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
δελφίς'.
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