haizivs

Latvian

Haizivs

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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

haizivs f (6th declension)

  1. shark (scaleless, sharp-toothed predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha)
    haizivju zobi ― shark teeth
    haizivju aste ― shark tail

Declension

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