vista

vista (nominative singular)
vistas (nominative plural)
vistas (genitive singular)
vistu (genitive plural)
vistai (dative singular)
vistām (dative plural)
vistu (accusative singular)
vistas (accusative plural)
vistu (instrumental singular)
vistām (instrumental plural)
vistā (locative singular)
vistās (locative plural)
vista (singular vocative)
vistas (plural vocative)

There are two theories on the origin of this word. One derives it from Proto-Baltic *wiš- (with an extra element -tā), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-, the zero grade form of *weyḱ- (“house, settlement”). The original meaning would then have been “(relating to) the house, the settlement", from which "domestic (animal)” and finally “chicken.” The other theory relates it to Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬱 (vīš, “bird”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European stem *weys-. Cognates include Lithuanian vištà.

mājas vista

vista ar cāļiem

vistas gaļa, olas

vistu kūts

perētāja vista

cekulainā vista

vistas buljons

Gallus gallus
Gallus gallus#Translingual

hen (female chicken); chicken (Gallus gallus in general)


suns

lv-noun

suns m (2nd declension, irregular nominative)

suns (nominative singular)
suņi (nominative plural)
suņa (genitive singular)
suņu (genitive plural)
sunim (dative singular)
suņiem (dative plural)
suni (accusative singular)
suņus (accusative plural)
suni (instrumental singular)
suņiem (instrumental plural)
sunī (locative singular)
suņos (locative plural)
suni (singular vocative)
suņi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kwṓ. An older Latvian form *so is now found only in one dialect (Nīgrande) as a word to call dogs. Cognates include Lithuanian šuõ (genitive šuñs, dialectal šunis), Old Prussian sunis, Proto-Germanic *hundaz (Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds), Old Norse hundr, Icelandic hundur, Swedish hund, Old High German hunt, Old English hund, German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound), Irish cú, Welsh ci, plural cŵn, Sanskrit श्वन् (śván), genitive शुनस् (śunas), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 (spā), genitive plural 𐬯𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬨 (sunam), Old Armenian շուն (šun), Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Latin canis (Italian cane, Portuguese cão, French chien, Spanish can).

mājas suns

medību suns

aitu, ganu suns

nikns suns

suns rej uz gājēju

suņa dzīve, darbs

Canis lupus familiaris
Canis lupus familiaris#Translingual


govs

govs (nominative singular)
govis (nominative plural)
govs (genitive singular)
govju (genitive plural)
govij (dative singular)
govīm (dative plural)
govi (accusative singular)
govis (accusative plural)
govi (instrumental singular)
govīm (instrumental plural)
govī (locative singular)
govīs (locative plural)
govs (singular vocative)
govis (plural vocative)

From earlier Latvian *gùovis, from Eastern Proto-Baltic *guowis (an i-stem), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gaw- ~ *gōw-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”).
Cognates include Hittite [script needed] (guwau-), Old Armenian կով (kov), Proto-Slavic *govędo (“cattle”) (Russian говя́дина (govjádina, “beef”), dialectal говя́до (govjádo, “cattle, beef, butter”), Belarusian гавя́да (havjáda, “domestic animal”), Bulgarian говедо (govedo, “cow, cattle”), Czech hovado (“cow, cattle”)), Old High German chuo (German Kuh, Dutch koe, English cow, Swedish ko, Icelandic kýr), Proto-Celtic *bow- (Old Irish bó, Irish bó, Scottish Gaelic bò, Middle Welsh bu) Latin bōs, bōvis (“ox, cattle”), dialectal vos (Italian bove, bue, French bœuf, Romanian bou, Spanish buey, Portuguese boi).

cog

piena govs

slaukt govis

govs stāv ciet, ir ciet

the cow stands, is closed (= does not give milk, before calving)


cūka

cūka (nominative singular)
cūkas (nominative plural)
cūkas (genitive singular)
cūku (genitive plural)
cūkai (dative singular)
cūkām (dative plural)
cūku (accusative singular)
cūkas (accusative plural)
cūku (instrumental singular)
cūkām (instrumental plural)
cūkā (locative singular)
cūkās (locative plural)
cūka (singular vocative)
cūkas (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *kyaw-, *kyū-, from a palatalized version (perhaps by onomatopoeia, by imitating this animal's sound) of Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *kū- (“to howl, to shout; cf. kaukt “to howl””). A parallel, non-palatalized version is probably reflected in placenames like Kūkas, perhaps originally a region with many wild boars. An even further palatalized version (where *ky > *ḱ > *š > Latvian s) may have given rise to placenames like Sauka, or, with a different suffix, to placenames in -saule like Jaunsaule, perhaps even to Lithuanian Šiauliaĩ. A different (minoritary) theory derives čūka from an earlier *sūka, borrowed from Slavic (cf. Russian су́ка (súka)); another (minoritary) viewpoint connects cūka to imitative words used to call pigs, like Russian чух (čux)!, чух-чух (čux-čux)!, Belarusian, Ukrainian ацю! (acju!), Polish a ciu!, Latvian c̆uk-c̆uk!, Lithuanian čiùk-čiùk!, čiū́k-čiū́k! Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal čiūkà, kūkà, also čiūkùtis, kūkùtis (“piglet”), Russian dialectal чу́ха (čúxa), чухна́ (čuxná, “pig”).

cūka ar sivēniem


zirgs

zirgs (nominative singular)
zirgi (nominative plural)
zirga (genitive singular)
zirgu (genitive plural)
zirgam (dative singular)
zirgiem (dative plural)
zirgu (accusative singular)
zirgus (accusative plural)
zirgu (instrumental singular)
zirgiem (instrumental plural)
zirgā (locative singular)
zirgos (locative plural)
zirg (singular vocative)
zirgi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *źirˀgás. Cognates include Lithuanian žìrgas (“good, beautiful horse; steed”), Old Prussian sirgis ([zirgis], “stallion”), Sudovian zirgo (“horse”).

šķirnes zirgs

darba zirgs

sacīkšu zirgs

neiebraukts zirgs

braukt ar zirgu

zirgs rikšo, auļo

zirgs zviedz

apkalt zirgu

dzirdīt zirgus pie akas

jūgt zirgu arklā

strādā kā zirgs

Equus caballus
Equus caballus#Translingual

horse (esp. Equus caballus; generic word)


kaza

kaza (nominative singular)
kazas (nominative plural)
kazas (genitive singular)
kazu (genitive plural)
kazai (dative singular)
kazām (dative plural)
kazu (accusative singular)
kazas (accusative plural)
kazu (instrumental singular)
kazām (instrumental plural)
kazā (locative singular)
kazās (locative plural)
kaza (singular vocative)
kazas (plural vocative)

Apparently borrowed from Russian коза́ (kozá): note that the words for “male goat” and “female goat” in Latvian are non-cognate (āzis and kaza), unlike other Baltic languages (Lithuanian ožỹs, ožkà; Old Prussian wosux ([vōzuks]), wosee ([vōzē])), which suggests that an earlier Latvian term, perhaps *āze (apparently present in place names like Āzes), was replaced by the borrowed kaza.

kazu piens

kazu siers

slaukt kazu


zvirbulis

zvirbulis (nominative singular)
zvirbuļi (nominative plural)
zvirbuļa (genitive singular)
zvirbuļu (genitive plural)
zvirbulim (dative singular)
zvirbuļiem (dative plural)
zvirbuli (accusative singular)
zvirbuļus (accusative plural)
zvirbuli (instrumental singular)
zvirbuļiem (instrumental plural)
zvirbulī (locative singular)
zvirbuļos (locative plural)
zvirbuli (singular vocative)
zvirbuļi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Indo-European *werb-, *werp- ( + -ulis; compare also vērpt (“to spin”)), from *wer- (“to turn, to twist, to bend”) (with an extra suffix -p, -b). The original meaning was a bird that turns and moves all the time. The initial z is either from an s-mobile, or the influence of some other term for this bird species (e.g., dialectal žīgurs, žvīgurs, žvingurs, apparently from the same stem as zviegt (“to neigh, to whinny”), q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian žvìrblis, Old Church Slavonic врабии (vrabii), Russian воробе́й (vorobéj), Bulgarian врабе́ц (vrabéc), Czech vrabec, Polish wróbel.

mājas zvirbulis

sparrow (a number of bird species of the order Passeriformes, genus Passer)


lauva

lv-noun

lauva m or f (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

gender (irregular)
lauva (nominative singular)
lauvas (nominative plural)
lauvas (genitive singular)
lauvu (genitive plural)
lauvam (dative singular)
lauvai (dative singular)
lauvām (dative plural)
lauvu (accusative singular)
lauvas (accusative plural)
lauvu (instrumental singular)
lauvām (instrumental plural)
lauvā (locative singular)
lauvās (locative plural)
lauva (singular vocative)
lauvas (plural vocative)

→ Livonian: louv

Borrowed from Middle High German louwe (cf. German Löwe), from Proto-Germanic *laujan, a borrowing from Latin leō. It has been suggested, on the basis of Lithuanian liū̃tas (“lion”), Russian лю́тый зверь (ljútyj zverʹ, “beast, lion”), that there was an earlier Slavo-Balto-Germanic term with the root *liu-; if so, this term was lost very early on in Latvian, replaced by the Middle High German borrowing. First mentioned (as lavis, lauve) in 17th-century Bible translations. A family name Louvis is attested from the 16th century.

cog

лю́тый зверь


avs

avs (nominative singular)
avis (nominative plural)
avs (genitive singular)
avju (genitive plural)
avij (dative singular)
avīm (dative plural)
avi (accusative singular)
avis (accusative plural)
avi (instrumental singular)
avīm (instrumental plural)
avī (locative singular)
avīs (locative plural)
avs (singular vocative)
avis (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

avju gans

avs piens

(dated) ewe (female sheep; also generic term)


auns

auns (nominative singular)
auni (nominative plural)
auna (genitive singular)
aunu (genitive plural)
aunam (dative singular)
auniem (dative plural)
aunu (accusative singular)
aunus (accusative plural)
aunu (instrumental singular)
auniem (instrumental plural)
aunā (locative singular)
aunos (locative plural)
aun (singular vocative)
auni (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *awinas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éwis (“sheep, ram”). Cognates include Lithuanian ãvinas, Old Prussian awins, Old Church Slavonic овьнъ (ovĭnŭ), Russian ове́н (ovén). These terms are formed from *h₃éwi-, originally a term for sheep in general (possibly derived from *ew-, *Hew- (“to dress”), i.e. “(animal) dressed (in wool)”), with a suffix *-in to distinguish male sheep. Other terms derived from *h₃éwi- include Old Church Slavonic овьца (ovĭca), Russian, Bulgarian овца (ovca), Belarusian аўца́ (aŭcá), аве́чка (avjéčka), Ukrainian вівца́ (vivcá), Czech ovce, Slovak ovca, Polish owca (“ewe”), Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌸𐌹 (awēþi, “herd of sheep”), Old High German ouwi, ou (“ewe”) (< *awī), Hittite ẖawi-, Sanskrit अविः (áviḥ), Ancient Greek οἶς (oîs), Latin ovis.

der

ragains auns

atšķirt, nošķirt aunus no avīm

to distinguish the rams from the ewes (i.e., the good from the bad, the innocent from the guilty)


bullis

bullis (nominative singular)
buļļi (nominative plural)
buļļa (genitive singular)
buļļu (genitive plural)
bullim (dative singular)
buļļiem (dative plural)
bulli (accusative singular)
buļļus (accusative plural)
bulli (instrumental singular)
buļļiem (instrumental plural)
bullī (locative singular)
buļļos (locative plural)
bulli (singular vocative)
buļļi (plural vocative)

tīršķirnes bullis

vaislas bullis

nikns kā bullis

very angry (literally, “fierce, wild as a bull,”)


kuce

kuce (nominative singular)
kuces (nominative plural)
kuces (genitive singular)
kuču (genitive plural)
kucei (dative singular)
kucēm (dative plural)
kuci (accusative singular)
kuces (accusative plural)
kuci (instrumental singular)
kucēm (instrumental plural)
kucē (locative singular)
kucēs (locative plural)
kuce (singular vocative)
kuces (plural vocative)

mums ir ļoti gudra kuce

kuce ar kucēniem

grūsna kuce


trusis

trusis (nominative singular)
truši (nominative plural)
truša (genitive singular)
trušu (genitive plural)
trusim (dative singular)
trušiem (dative plural)
trusi (accusative singular)
trušus (accusative plural)
trusi (instrumental singular)
trušiem (instrumental plural)
trusī (locative singular)
trušos (locative plural)
trusi (singular vocative)
truši (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Belarusian трусь (trusʹ), or perhaps from Polish truś. This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries as truš, trušs, later (18th–19th centuries) in competition with other borrowings (kraliņš from Russian кролик (krolik) or kaninķenis, kaninķins from German Kaninchen). In the 19th century, the most frequent forms were trusis and trušis, also truše; only in the 20th century did the current form become dominant.

mājas trusis

savvaļas trusis

trušu vila

trušu āda

Oryctolagus cuniculus
Oryctolagus cuniculus#Translingual


gailis

gailis (nominative singular)
gaiļi (nominative plural)
gaiļa (genitive singular)
gaiļu (genitive plural)
gailim (dative singular)
gaiļiem (dative plural)
gaili (accusative singular)
gaiļus (accusative plural)
gaili (instrumental singular)
gaiļiem (instrumental plural)
gailī (locative singular)
gaiļos (locative plural)
gaili (singular vocative)
gaiļi (plural vocative)

From *gal-n-o, enlargement of *gl̥H-o, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *golH-so.
Cognates include Welsh galw (“call”), English call, Lithuanian gal̃sas (“echo”), Russian го́лос (gólos, “voice”), Polish głos (“voice”), Albanian gjuhë (“voice”)).

lielīgs kā gailis

gaiļa gadi

rooster, cock (male domestic fowl, especially Gallus gallus)


vērsis

vērsis (nominative singular)
vērši (nominative plural)
vērša (genitive singular)
vēršu (genitive plural)
vērsim (dative singular)
vēršiem (dative plural)
vērsi (accusative singular)
vēršus (accusative plural)
vērsi (instrumental singular)
vēršiem (instrumental plural)
vērsī (locative singular)
vēršos (locative plural)
vērsi (singular vocative)
vērši (plural vocative)

From Proto-Indo-European *wers-, *wr̥s- (“male”). Cognates include Lithuanian ver̃šis (“calf; (dialectal) ox”), Old Prussian werstian (“calf”) (maybe *wersistian?), Sanskrit वृष (vṛṣa, “bull; male”), वृषन् (vṛṣan, “man; stallion, ox”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬌 (varšni, “ram”), Latin verrēs (“boar”).

cog

darba vērsis

vēršu pajūgs

vērša gaļa

vēršu cīņas

ox (male cattle, usually castrated, often used as a beast of burden)


zaķis

zaķis (nominative singular)
zaķi (nominative plural)
zaķa (genitive singular)
zaķu (genitive plural)
zaķim (dative singular)
zaķiem (dative plural)
zaķi (accusative singular)
zaķus (accusative plural)
zaķi (instrumental singular)
zaķiem (instrumental plural)
zaķī (locative singular)
zaķos (locative plural)
zaķi (singular vocative)
zaķi (plural vocative)

The origin of this word is unclear. Traditionally, it is explained as a borrowing from Belarusian dialectal за́йка (zájka), reshaped under the influence of kaķis (“cat”), but the similar Sudovian cognate makes this explanation dubious. It is difficult also to make it compatible with the Lithuanian and Slavic cognates. For the Slavic terms, there are various opinions, generally leading up to the Proto-Indo-European stem *ǵʰey- (“to drive, to exhort, to move quickly”). It is possible that the root of all those forms may be some pre-Indo-European word (*ǵa-, *ǵay-, *ǵuy-) to which Indo-European suffixes were attached. Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal zuĩkis, Sudovian zags, Old Church Slavonic заѩць (zajęcĭ), Russian, Belarusian за́яц (zájac), Ukrainian за́єць (zájecʹ), Czech zajíc, Polish zając.

pelēkais, baltais zaķis

bailīgs kā zaķis

nobijies kā zaķis

Lieldienu zaķis

Lepus europaeus
Lepus europaeus#Translingual


āzis

āzis (nominative singular)
āži (nominative plural)
āža (genitive singular)
āžu (genitive plural)
āzim (dative singular)
āžiem (dative plural)
āzi (accusative singular)
āžus (accusative plural)
āzi (instrumental singular)
āžiem (instrumental plural)
āzī (locative singular)
āžos (locative plural)
āzi (singular vocative)
āži (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *āž-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(y)ǵ- (“goat”). Cognates include Lithuanian ožỹs, Old Prussian wosux (/vōzuks/), Proto-Slavic *azь (Russian язь (jazʹ) “ide (fish)” < “goat”), Sanskrit अज (ajá), Albanian dhi (< *a-dhi), Old Armenian այծ (ayc).

āža bārda, bārdiņa

tiepīgs kā āzis


teķis

teķis (nominative singular)
teķi (nominative plural)
teķa (genitive singular)
teķu (genitive plural)
teķim (dative singular)
teķiem (dative plural)
teķi (accusative singular)
teķus (accusative plural)
teķi (instrumental singular)
teķiem (instrumental plural)
teķī (locative singular)
teķos (locative plural)
teķi (singular vocative)
teķi (plural vocative)

vaislas teķis

male sheep, ram (especially one not castrated, used for reproduction).


ķēve

ķēve (nominative singular)
ķēves (nominative plural)
ķēves (genitive singular)
ķēvju (genitive plural)
ķēvei (dative singular)
ķēvēm (dative plural)
ķēvi (accusative singular)
ķēves (accusative plural)
ķēvi (instrumental singular)
ķēvēm (instrumental plural)
ķēvē (locative singular)
ķēvēs (locative plural)
ķēve (singular vocative)
ķēves (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Livonian kēv (“mare”), from Proto-Finnic *keevi (cognate with Proto-Samic *kievë (“reindeer cow”)).

ķēves piens

iebērt ķēvei auzas


mātīte

mātīte (nominative singular)
mātītes (nominative plural)
mātītes (genitive singular)
mātīšu (genitive plural)
mātītei (dative singular)
mātītēm (dative plural)
mātīti (accusative singular)
mātītes (accusative plural)
mātīti (instrumental singular)
mātītēm (instrumental plural)
mātītē (locative singular)
mātītēs (locative plural)
mātīte (singular vocative)
mātītes (plural vocative)

zosu mātīte

pīļu mātīte

zaķu mātīte

vaislas mātītes


kuilis

kuilis (nominative singular)
kuiļi (nominative plural)
kuiļa (genitive singular)
kuiļu (genitive plural)
kuilim (dative singular)
kuiļiem (dative plural)
kuili (accusative singular)
kuiļus (accusative plural)
kuili (instrumental singular)
kuiļiem (instrumental plural)
kuilī (locative singular)
kuiļos (locative plural)
kuili (singular vocative)
kuiļi (plural vocative)

meža kuilis

kuiļa gaļa


runcis

runcis (nominative singular)
runči (nominative plural)
runča (genitive singular)
runču (genitive plural)
runcim (dative singular)
runčiem (dative plural)
runci (accusative singular)
runčus (accusative plural)
runci (instrumental singular)
runčiem (instrumental plural)
runcī (locative singular)
runčos (locative plural)
runci (singular vocative)
runči (plural vocative)

The origin of this word is unclear. It is possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *rew-, *rū-, *ru- (“to run, to rush”), via a previous adjective *runs, *rūns, on the model of brūns (“brown”), bruncis (“brown, bay horse”) (a variant of brūnis). Others have suggested that runcis is related to runa (“talk”); yet others, to rūkt (“to growl; to roar”).

kad runča nav mājās, tad peles virs galda lēkā

when the tomcat is not home, the mice jump over the table


kaķene

kaķene (nominative singular)
kaķenes (nominative plural)
kaķenes (genitive singular)
kaķeņu (genitive plural)
kaķenei (dative singular)
kaķenēm (dative plural)
kaķeni (accusative singular)
kaķenes (accusative plural)
kaķeni (instrumental singular)
kaķenēm (instrumental plural)
kaķenē (locative singular)
kaķenēs (locative plural)
kaķene (singular vocative)
kaķenes (plural vocative)

medīga kaķene


kaķe

kaķe (nominative singular)
kaķes (nominative plural)
kaķes (genitive singular)
kaķu (genitive plural)
kaķei (dative singular)
kaķēm (dative plural)
kaķi (accusative singular)
kaķes (accusative plural)
kaķi (instrumental singular)
kaķēm (instrumental plural)
kaķē (locative singular)
kaķēs (locative plural)
kaķe (singular vocative)
kaķes (plural vocative)

female cat, she-cat (a less frequent synonym of kaķene)


lauvene

lauvene (nominative singular)
lauvenes (nominative plural)
lauvenes (genitive singular)
lauveņu (genitive plural)
lauvenei (dative singular)
lauvenēm (dative plural)
lauveni (accusative singular)
lauvenes (accusative plural)
lauveni (instrumental singular)
lauvenēm (instrumental plural)
lauvenē (locative singular)
lauvenēs (locative plural)
lauvene (singular vocative)
lauvenes (plural vocative)

lauvene ar lauvēniem


lācene

lācene (nominative singular)
lācenes (nominative plural)
lācenes (genitive singular)
lāceņu (genitive plural)
lācenei (dative singular)
lācenēm (dative plural)
lāceni (accusative singular)
lācenes (accusative plural)
lāceni (instrumental singular)
lācenēm (instrumental plural)
lācenē (locative singular)
lācenēs (locative plural)
lācene (singular vocative)
lācenes (plural vocative)

lācene ar lācēniem


trusene

trusene (nominative singular)
trusenes (nominative plural)
trusenes (genitive singular)
truseņu (genitive plural)
trusenei (dative singular)
trusenēm (dative plural)
truseni (accusative singular)
trusenes (accusative plural)
truseni (instrumental singular)
trusenēm (instrumental plural)
trusenē (locative singular)
trusenēs (locative plural)
trusene (singular vocative)
trusenes (plural vocative)

trusene ar trusēniem


vilcene

vilcene (nominative singular)
vilcenes (nominative plural)
vilcenes (genitive singular)
vilceņu (genitive plural)
vilcenei (dative singular)
vilcenēm (dative plural)
vilceni (accusative singular)
vilcenes (accusative plural)
vilceni (instrumental singular)
vilcenēm (instrumental plural)
vilcenē (locative singular)
vilcenēs (locative plural)
vilcene (singular vocative)
vilcenes (plural vocative)

From vilks (“wolf”) + -ene (with k > c via palatalization).

tūlīt izlēca vilcene

vilcene ar vilcēniem


ērzelis

ērzelis (nominative singular)
ērzeļi (nominative plural)
ērzeļa (genitive singular)
ērzeļu (genitive plural)
ērzelim (dative singular)
ērzeļiem (dative plural)
ērzeli (accusative singular)
ērzeļus (accusative plural)
ērzeli (instrumental singular)
ērzeļiem (instrumental plural)
ērzelī (locative singular)
ērzeļos (locative plural)
ērzeli (singular vocative)
ērzeļi (plural vocative)

vaislas ērzelis

nemierīgs ērzelis

uncastrated male horse, stallion (esp. for reproduction)


ēzeļmāte

ēzeļmāte (nominative singular)
ēzeļmātes (nominative plural)
ēzeļmātes (genitive singular)
ēzeļmāšu (genitive plural)
ēzeļmātei (dative singular)
ēzeļmātēm (dative plural)
ēzeļmāti (accusative singular)
ēzeļmātes (accusative plural)
ēzeļmāti (instrumental singular)
ēzeļmātēm (instrumental plural)
ēzeļmātē (locative singular)
ēzeļmātēs (locative plural)
ēzeļmāte (singular vocative)
ēzeļmātes (plural vocative)

From ēzeļa (“donkey[gen.]”) + māte (“mother”).

compound

ēzeļmātēm grūsnības periods ilgst 13 mēnešus

a female donkey's pregnancy lasts 13 months

female donkey (esp. one that has given birth)


tēviņš

tēviņš (nominative singular)
tēviņi (nominative plural)
tēviņa (genitive singular)
tēviņu (genitive plural)
tēviņam (dative singular)
tēviņiem (dative plural)
tēviņu (accusative singular)
tēviņus (accusative plural)
tēviņu (instrumental singular)
tēviņiem (instrumental plural)
tēviņā (locative singular)
tēviņos (locative plural)
tēviņ (singular vocative)
tēviņi (plural vocative)

From tēvs (“father”) + -iņš (“dim.”). At first a diminutive of “father” (uses as a term of endearment are attested in older texts); now only tētiņš can be used in this sense.

aitu tēviņš

pīļu tēviņš

bišu tēviņi

atšķirības starp tēviņiem un mātītēm

rupjš tēviņš

tu tur, tēviņ, beidz ālēties!

(chiefly in the singular) a human male, a man


strazdiene

strazdiene (nominative singular)
strazdienes (nominative plural)
strazdienes (genitive singular)
strazdieņu (genitive plural)
strazdienei (dative singular)
strazdienēm (dative plural)
strazdieni (accusative singular)
strazdienes (accusative plural)
strazdieni (instrumental singular)
strazdienēm (instrumental plural)
strazdienē (locative singular)
strazdienēs (locative plural)
strazdiene (singular vocative)
strazdienes (plural vocative)

From strazds (“starling”) + -ene (“fem.”).

kā atšķirt strazdu no strazdienes

how to distinguish a male from a female starling

female starling, thrush (passerine bird species)


tīģeris

tīģeris (nominative singular)
tīģeri (nominative plural)
tīģera (genitive singular)
tīģeru (genitive plural)
tīģerim (dative singular)
tīģeriem (dative plural)
tīģeri (accusative singular)
tīģerus (accusative plural)
tīģeri (instrumental singular)
tīģeriem (instrumental plural)
tīģerī (locative singular)
tīģeros (locative plural)
tīģeri (singular vocative)
tīģeri (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin tigris, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), possibly from Iranian.

tīģeru medības

tīģera āda

Bengālijas tīģeri

Panthera tigris
Panthera tigris#Translingual

(male, or generic) tiger (large striped wild cat, native to Asia; Panthera tigris)


tīģeriene

tīģeriene (nominative singular)
tīģerienes (nominative plural)
tīģerienes (genitive singular)
tīģerieņu (genitive plural)
tīģerienei (dative singular)
tīģerienēm (dative plural)
tīģerieni (accusative singular)
tīģerienes (accusative plural)
tīģerieni (instrumental singular)
tīģerienēm (instrumental plural)
tīģerienē (locative singular)
tīģerienēs (locative plural)
tīģeriene (singular vocative)
tīģerienes (plural vocative)

tīģeriene ir tīģeru matīte

tīģeriene ir bīstama cilvēkiem


stirnāzis

stirnāzis (nominative singular)
stirnāži (nominative plural)
stirnāža (genitive singular)
stirnāžu (genitive plural)
stirnāzim (dative singular)
stirnāžiem (dative plural)
stirnāzi (accusative singular)
stirnāžus (accusative plural)
stirnāzi (instrumental singular)
stirnāžiem (instrumental plural)
stirnāzī (locative singular)
stirnāžos (locative plural)
stirnāzi (singular vocative)
stirnāži (plural vocative)

From stirnu (“roe deer[gen.]”) + āzis (“buck”).

stirnāzis dzenā kazu ap krūmu trakā ātrumā līdz galīgam pagurumam

the male roe deer drives the female around the bush at a crazy speed until she is tired (lit. to final tiredness)

Capreolus capreolus
Capreolus capreolus#Translingual


zvirbuliene

zvirbuliene (nominative singular)
zvirbulienes (nominative plural)
zvirbulienes (genitive singular)
zvirbulieņu (genitive plural)
zvirbulienei (dative singular)
zvirbulienēm (dative plural)
zvirbulieni (accusative singular)
zvirbulienes (accusative plural)
zvirbulieni (instrumental singular)
zvirbulienēm (instrumental plural)
zvirbulienē (locative singular)
zvirbulienēs (locative plural)
zvirbuliene (singular vocative)
zvirbulienes (plural vocative)

From zvirbulis (“sparrow”) + -ene (“fem.”).

zvirbuliene taču būtu varējusi teikt tai nabadzītei, lai iet uz mājām un liekas gultā

but the female sparrow could have said to this poor woman that she (should) go home and lie in bed