zebra

zebra (nominative singular)
zebras (nominative plural)
zebru (accusative singular)
zebras (accusative plural)
zebras (genitive singular)
zebru (genitive plural)
zebrai (dative singular)
zebrām (dative plural)
zebru (instrumental singular)
zebrām (instrumental plural)
zebrā (locative singular)
zebrās (locative plural)
zebra (singular vocative)
zebras (plural vocative)

Possibly ultimately from a Congolese name for the animal, via Portuguese, via some other European language. Possibly also ultimately from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), via Portuguese and/or Italian.


zirgs

zirgs (nominative singular)
zirgi (nominative plural)
zirgu (accusative singular)
zirgus (accusative plural)
zirga (genitive singular)
zirgu (genitive plural)
zirgam (dative singular)
zirgiem (dative 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”).

cog

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)


ķēve

ķēve (nominative singular)
ķēves (nominative plural)
ķēvi (accusative singular)
ķēves (accusative plural)
ķēves (genitive singular)
ķēvju (genitive plural)
ķēvei (dative singular)
ķēvēm (dative 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


ērzelis

ērzelis (nominative singular)
ērzeļi (nominative plural)
ērzeli (accusative singular)
ērzeļus (accusative plural)
ērzeļa (genitive singular)
ērzeļu (genitive plural)
ērzelim (dative singular)
ērzeļiem (dative 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)


ēzelis

ēzelis (nominative singular)
ēzeļi (nominative plural)
ēzeli (accusative singular)
ēzeļus (accusative plural)
ēzeļa (genitive singular)
ēzeļu (genitive plural)
ēzelim (dative singular)
ēzeļiem (dative plural)
ēzeli (instrumental singular)
ēzeļiem (instrumental plural)
ēzelī (locative singular)
ēzeļos (locative plural)
ēzeli (singular vocative)
ēzeļi (plural vocative)

jāt, braukt ar ēzeli

nastu nesējs ēzelis

dumjš, stulbs kā ēzelis

spītīgs kā ēzelis


pakavs

pakavs (nominative singular)
pakavi (nominative plural)
pakavu (accusative singular)
pakavus (accusative plural)
pakava (genitive singular)
pakavu (genitive plural)
pakavam (dative singular)
pakaviem (dative plural)
pakavu (instrumental singular)
pakaviem (instrumental plural)
pakavā (locative singular)
pakavos (locative plural)
pakav (singular vocative)
pakavi (plural vocative)

Traditionally considered a borrowing from Russian подко́ва (podkóva), first mentioned (as pakava in 17th-century dictionaries. It is also possible, however, that the word may have been a recent native derivation, from the verb kaut, past tense kavu, in the sense “to hit, to beat,” occasionally used (instead of kalt) in folk songs to mean “to shoe (a horse).”

pakavu naglas

laimes pakavs

piesist pakavu

apkalt zirgu ar jauniem pakavirem

horseshoe (U-shaped metal object used to protect a horse's hooves)


ēzeļmāte

ēzeļmāte (nominative singular)
ēzeļmātes (nominative plural)
ēzeļmāti (accusative singular)
ēzeļmātes (accusative plural)
ēzeļmātes (genitive singular)
ēzeļmāšu (genitive plural)
ēzeļmātei (dative singular)
ēzeļmātēm (dative 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

female donkey (esp. one that has given birth)


kumeļš

kumeļš (nominative singular)
kumeļi (nominative plural)
kumeļu (accusative singular)
kumeļus (accusative plural)
kumeļa (genitive singular)
kumeļu (genitive plural)
kumeļam (dative singular)
kumeļiem (dative plural)
kumeļu (instrumental singular)
kumeļiem (instrumental plural)
kumeļā (locative singular)
kumeļos (locative plural)
kumeļ (singular vocative)
kumeļi (plural vocative)

kumeļu ēdināšana

ēzeļa kumeļš

kumeļa gadi

ķēve nolieca galvu pie kumeļa

baby or young horse (or other equid), foal, colt


brūnis

brūnis (nominative singular)
brūņi (nominative plural)
brūni (accusative singular)
brūņus (accusative plural)
brūņa (genitive singular)
brūņu (genitive plural)
brūnim (dative singular)
brūņiem (dative plural)
brūni (instrumental singular)
brūņiem (instrumental plural)
brūnī (locative singular)
brūņos (locative plural)
brūni (singular vocative)
brūņi (plural vocative)

From brūns (“brown”), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.

iejūgt brūni

viņš redzēja divus brūņus


bēris

bēris (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
bēruši (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
bērusi (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
bērušas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
bērušu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
bērušus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
bērušu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
bērušas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
bēruša (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
bērušu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
bērušas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
bērušu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
bērušam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
bērušiem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
bērušai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
bērušām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
bērušu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
bērušiem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
bērušu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
bērušām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
bērušā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
bērušos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
bērušā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
bērušās (feminine indefinite locative plural)

From bērs (“brown”), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.

having pour, having strew; indefinite past active participle of bērt


melnis

melnis (nominative singular)
meļņi (nominative plural)
melni (accusative singular)
meļņus (accusative plural)
meļņa (genitive singular)
meļņu (genitive plural)
melnim (dative singular)
meļņiem (dative plural)
melni (instrumental singular)
meļņiem (instrumental plural)
melnī (locative singular)
meļņos (locative plural)
melni (singular vocative)
meļņi (plural vocative)

From melns (“black”), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.

spīdoši nobarotie meļņi


baltiņš

baltiņš (nominative singular)
baltiņi (nominative plural)
baltiņu (accusative singular)
baltiņus (accusative plural)
baltiņa (genitive singular)
baltiņu (genitive plural)
baltiņam (dative singular)
baltiņiem (dative plural)
baltiņu (instrumental singular)
baltiņiem (instrumental plural)
baltiņā (locative singular)
baltiņos (locative plural)
baltiņ (singular vocative)
baltiņi (plural vocative)

From balts (“white”) (possibly a diminutive).

saimnieks uzkāpis baltiņam un sācis jāt

the farmer mounted on the white horse and started riding

white horse (a horse that has white or very light hair)


sirmis

sirmis (nominative singular)
sirmji (nominative plural)
sirmi (accusative singular)
sirmjus (accusative plural)
sirmja (genitive singular)
sirmju (genitive plural)
sirmim (dative singular)
sirmjiem (dative plural)
sirmi (instrumental singular)
sirmjiem (instrumental plural)
sirmī (locative singular)
sirmjos (locative plural)
sirmi (singular vocative)
sirmji (plural vocative)

From sirms (“gray”), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.

sirmis ir gudrs zirgs

gray horse (a horse with light gray hair, with both black and white hair)


sarķis

sarķis (nominative singular)
sarķi (nominative plural)
sarķi (accusative singular)
sarķus (accusative plural)
sarķa (genitive singular)
sarķu (genitive plural)
sarķim (dative singular)
sarķiem (dative plural)
sarķi (instrumental singular)
sarķiem (instrumental plural)
sarķī (locative singular)
sarķos (locative plural)
sarķi (singular vocative)
sarķi (plural vocative)

From the same stem as sarkans (“red”), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.

sarķis ir vienmērīgi ruds

a chestnut horse is uniformly reddish brown (chestnut)


salnis

salnis (nominative singular)
saļņi (nominative plural)
salni (accusative singular)
saļņus (accusative plural)
saļņa (genitive singular)
saļņu (genitive plural)
salnim (dative singular)
saļņiem (dative plural)
salni (instrumental singular)
saļņiem (instrumental plural)
salnī (locative singular)
saļņos (locative plural)
salni (singular vocative)
saļņi (plural vocative)

From salns (“frosty”), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.

zem salņa kājām sniegi / kā spilves pukojas

under the roan's feet (= hooves) the snow / grumbles like cotton grass

jātnieks zirgu noglauda: “salni, mans salni, ko krākdams tu kārpies...”

the rider stroked the horse: “roan, my roan, how noisily you paw...”

roan horse (horse with coat characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body)


sedulka

sedulka (nominative singular)
sedulkas (nominative plural)
sedulku (accusative singular)
sedulkas (accusative plural)
sedulkas (genitive singular)
sedulku (genitive plural)
sedulkai (dative singular)
sedulkām (dative plural)
sedulku (instrumental singular)
sedulkām (instrumental plural)
sedulkā (locative singular)
sedulkās (locative plural)
sedulka (singular vocative)
sedulkas (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian седёлка (sedjólka).

sedulkas siksna

aplikt zirgam sedulku

apgāja zirgam apkārt, taustīja muguru zem sedulkas: vai nav noberzta?

he went around the horse, (and) felt under (its) (harness) saddle: is it not sore?

harness saddle (part of a harness, placed on a horse's back to hold a shaft)


seglot

head

seglot (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present segloju, seglo, seglo, past segloju)

conjugation (second-person)
segloju (present)
seglo (present)
segloju (past)
segloju (first-person indicative present singular)
segloju (first-person indicative past singular)
seglošu (first-person future indicative singular)
seglo (indicative present second-person singular)
segloji (indicative past second-person singular)
seglosi (future indicative second-person singular)
seglo (imperative second-person singular)
seglo (indicative present singular third-person)
segloja (indicative past singular third-person)
seglos (future indicative singular third-person)
lai seglo (imperative singular third-person)
seglojam (first-person indicative plural present)
seglojām (first-person indicative past plural)
seglosim (first-person future indicative plural)
seglosim (first-person imperative plural)
seglojat (indicative plural present second-person)
seglojāt (indicative past plural second-person)
seglosiet (future indicative plural second-person)
seglosit (future indicative plural second-person)
seglojiet (imperative plural second-person)
seglo (indicative plural present third-person)
segloja (indicative past plural third-person)
seglos (future indicative plural third-person)
lai seglo (imperative plural third-person)
seglojot (present renarrative)
seglojošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot seglojis (past renarrative)
seglodams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
seglošot (future renarrative)
seglojot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai seglojot (imperative)
seglojam (active participle participle-4 present)
seglojis (active participle past)
seglotu (conditional present)
seglojams (participle passive present)
būtu seglojis (conditional past)
seglots (participle passive past)
jāseglo (debitive indicative)
būt jāseglo (debitive indicative)
seglot (infinitive)
esot jāseglo (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
neseglot (infinitive negative)
jāseglojot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
seglošana (noun-from-verb)

From the same stem as segli (“saddle”) (q.v.), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot).

seglot zirgu

mans zirgs ir jau seglots, es dodos ceļā

my horse is already saddled, I am going on my way (= departing)

dēli, dēli, kur bijāt? seglojiet kumeliņus!

sons, sons, where are you? saddle the colts!

to saddle (to attach a saddle to an animal, usually a horse)


segli

segli (nominative plural)
seglus (accusative plural)
seglu (genitive plural)
segliem (dative plural)
segliem (instrumental plural)
seglos (locative plural)
segli (plural vocative)

A parallel form to (still dialectally attested) sedli, from Proto-Baltic *sedula, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also Latvian sēdēt (“to sit”), q.v.) with an extra ul; the original meaning was thus “seat” (cf. Latin sella (“seat; saddle”)). Some researchers consider this word a borrowing from Slavic languages, but others point out that the stem *sed- did survive in Baltic: e.g., segliņš (“spindle-tree”), named after the similarity between its fruit and a saddle. The two parallel forms segli and sedli co-existed well into the 19th century, at the end of which segli became the preferred form in the standard language. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *sedъlo (Old Church Slavonic седьло (sedĭlo), Russian, Bulgarian седло́ (sedló), Czech sedlo, Polish siodło), Old High German satul, satal, German Sattel, English saddle.

jātnieka segli

kavalērijas segli

nastu segli

seglu josta

seglu kāpslis

piesprādzēt seglus

sēdēt seglos

izlēkt no segliem

viņš smagi uzsēdās zirgā, ilgi nevarēdams ierīkoties seglos, kā nākas

he sat heavily on the horse, for a while unable to settle properly in the saddle

saddle (horse tack item, placed on the back of a horse either for riding or for attaching a load to the back of the animal)


zviedziens

zviedziens (nominative singular)
zviedzieni (nominative plural)
zviedzienu (accusative singular)
zviedzienus (accusative plural)
zviedziena (genitive singular)
zviedzienu (genitive plural)
zviedzienam (dative singular)
zviedzieniem (dative plural)
zviedzienu (instrumental singular)
zviedzieniem (instrumental plural)
zviedzienā (locative singular)
zviedzienos (locative plural)
zviedzien (singular vocative)
zviedzieni (plural vocative)

From zvieg(t) (“to neigh, to whinny”) + -iens, with g > dz via palatalization.

suffix

skaļš zviedziens

iela saņēma mani ar dārdoņu, zirgu zviedzieniem un autotaurēm

the street received me with (its) rumble, horse neighs and car horns

ļaužu balsis, govju māvieni, zirgu zviedzieni atskan ar divkāršām un reizēm pat trīskāršām atbalsīm

people's voices, cow moos, horse neighs resounded with double and sometimes even triple echoes


zviegt

head

zviegt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present zviedzu, zviedz, zviedz, past zviedzu)

conjugation (first-person)
zviedzu (present)
zviedz (present)
zviedzu (past)
zviedzu (first-person indicative present singular)
zvedzu (first-person indicative past singular)
zviegšu (first-person future indicative singular)
zvedz (indicative present second-person singular)
zvedzi (indicative past second-person singular)
zviegsi (future indicative second-person singular)
zvedz (imperative second-person singular)
zviedz (indicative present singular third-person)
zvedza (indicative past singular third-person)
zviegs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai zviedz (imperative singular third-person)
zviedzam (first-person indicative plural present)
zvedzām (first-person indicative past plural)
zviegsim (first-person future indicative plural)
zviegsim (first-person imperative plural)
zviedzat (indicative plural present second-person)
zvedzāt (indicative past plural second-person)
zviegsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
zviegsit (future indicative plural second-person)
zvedziet (imperative plural second-person)
zviedz (indicative plural present third-person)
zvedza (indicative past plural third-person)
zviegs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai zviedz (imperative plural third-person)
zviedzot (present renarrative)
zviedzošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot zvedzis (past renarrative)
zviegdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
zviegšot (future renarrative)
zviedzot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai zviedzot (imperative)
zviedzam (active participle participle-4 present)
zvedzis (active participle past)
zviegtu (conditional present)
būtu zvedzis (conditional past)
jāzviedz (debitive indicative)
būt jāzviedz (debitive indicative)
zviegt (infinitive)
esot jāzviedz (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nezviegt (infinitive negative)
jāzviedzot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
zviegšana (noun-from-verb)

From Proto-Baltic *žweng-tey, *žweng-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweng-tey, from *ǵʰwen- “to sound, to make a sound” (whence also the borrowing zvanīt) with an extra g. Cognates include Lithuanian žvéngti “to neigh, to laugh out loud,” žviẽgti “to neigh, to squeak, to shout loud.”

zirgi zviedz

kūtī viens pats atstāts, nemitīgi zviedza Lejassmeltēnu Jorģa ērzelis ― left alone in the barn, Lejassmeltēnu Jorgis' stallion neighed constantly

(only 3rd person, of horses) to neigh, to whinny (to produce a horse's typical cry)

tanī brīdī mani sagrāba smiekli... tas, protams, bija zemiski no manas puses, nenoliedzu... zviegt tādā brīdī

at that moment I was overcome by laughter... this, of course, was very impolite from me, I don't deny... to laugh out loud at such a moment

liekas, ka nekas tāds jocīgs uz skatuves nenotiktu, bet lejā it visi atkal sāk zviegt smeklos un aplaudē

it seems that nothing funny would happen on the stage, but down below again everybody began to laugh out loud and applaud


zirdziņš

zirdziņš (nominative singular)
zirdziņi (nominative plural)
zirdziņu (accusative singular)
zirdziņus (accusative plural)
zirdziņa (genitive singular)
zirdziņu (genitive plural)
zirdziņam (dative singular)
zirdziņiem (dative plural)
zirdziņu (instrumental singular)
zirdziņiem (instrumental plural)
zirdziņā (locative singular)
zirdziņos (locative plural)
zirdziņ (singular vocative)
zirdziņi (plural vocative)

(colloquial, usually childish) gee-gee, horsey, horse