Noun: valis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | valis |
| Accusative | vali |
| Genitive | vaļa |
| Dative | valim |
| Instrumental | vali |
| Locative | valī |
| Vocative | vali |
Plural
| Nominative | vaļi |
| Accusative | vaļus |
| Genitive | vaļu |
| Dative | vaļiem |
| Instrumental | vaļiem |
| Locative | vaļos |
| Vocative | vaļi |
Sample Sentences
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dienvidu valis (southern whale)
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zilais valis (blue whale)
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vaļu medības (whaling (lit. whale hunting))
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vaļu medību kuģis (whaler (lit. whale hunting ship))
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lielākie mūsdienu zīdītāji, vaļi (dažu sugu īpatņi pat 30 m gari) ir pastāvīgi ūdens iemītnieki (the largest modern mammals, whales (specimens of some species are up to 30m long) are permanent water inhabitants)
Nouns inflected like valis
seklis,
skaitlis,
vēdeklis,
ķeblis,
vēceklis,
krauklis,
sēklis,
bacilis,
skrimslis,
pedālis,
zaglis,
numerālis,
uzgalis,
portugālis,
spieģelis,
paeglis,
kabatzaglis,
gaismeklis,
cīrulis,
sabulis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Walfisch, a Germanic compound where Wal- is from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (“whale”). The word was first borrowed (as valzivs, a compound of val- with zivs (“fish”) on the model of Wal-fisch, in the early 19th century; before that, only expressions like liela zivs “big fish” or jūras zvērs “sea beast” had been used. The form valis appeared in the early 20th century, and succeeded in replacing valzivs completely only in the 1950s. See: German Nouns '
Walfisch'.
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