haizivs – Latvian noun declension

Noun: haizivs
Hyphenation:

Gender: Declension:

Singular

Nominative	haizivs
Accusative	haizivi
Genitive	haizivs
Dative	haizivij
Instrumental	haizivi
Locative	haizivī
Vocative	haizivs

Plural

Nominative	haizivis
Accusative	haizivis
Genitive	haizivju
Dative	haizivīm
Instrumental	haizivīm
Locative	haizivīs
Vocative	haizivis

Sample Sentences

haizivju zobi (shark teeth)
haizivju aste (shark tail)

Nouns inflected like haizivs

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

Etymology

From Icelandic hái (compare há- (“of or pertaining to shark kind”)), a short form of hákarl (“a shark”), a compound of hár (“high, great”) and karl (“man”); and zivs (“fish”). Probably a calque of German Haifisch. See: German Nouns 'Haifisch'.