leopards

leopards (nominative singular)
leopardi (nominative plural)
leoparda (genitive singular)
leopardu (genitive plural)
leopardam (dative singular)
leopardiem (dative plural)
leopardu (accusative singular)
leopardus (accusative plural)
leopardu (instrumental singular)
leopardiem (instrumental plural)
leopardā (locative singular)
leopardos (locative plural)
leopard (singular vocative)
leopardi (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) and πάρδος (párdos, “panther”).

leoparda āda

tīģeri, lūši, leopardi un citi kaķu dzimtas plēsoņas dzīvo līdz 25 gadiem

tigers, lynxes, leopards and other feline predators live up to 25 years

Panthera pardus
Panthera pardus#Translingual

leopard (large spotted wild cat, Panthera pardus)


kaķis

kaķis (nominative singular)
kaķi (nominative plural)
kaķa (genitive singular)
kaķu (genitive plural)
kaķim (dative singular)
kaķiem (dative plural)
kaķi (accusative singular)
kaķus (accusative plural)
kaķi (instrumental singular)
kaķiem (instrumental plural)
kaķī (locative singular)
kaķos (locative plural)
kaķi (singular vocative)
kaķi (plural vocative)

Old word, which spread together with the animal millennia ago, apparently ultimately of Afroasiatic origin, later borrowed into Proto-Indo-European.
The Latvian term was apparently influenced by the Germanic forms: kaķis < *katis, from feminine *kate (cf. dialectal katene (“kitten”)), at first in Couronian dialects, later in other dialects and in the standard language.
Cognates include Lithuanian katė̃, Old Prussian catto ([kato]), Russian кот (kot), Middle High German, Middle Dutch katte, German Katze, English cat, Latin cattus, catta.

melns kaķis

kaķis murrā

kaķis noķēris peli

veikls kā kaķis

acis kā kaķim

Felis silvestris catus
Felis silvestris catus#Translingual


pantera

pantera (nominative singular)
panteras (nominative plural)
panteras (genitive singular)
panteru (genitive plural)
panterai (dative singular)
panterām (dative plural)
panteru (accusative singular)
panteras (accusative plural)
panteru (instrumental singular)
panterām (instrumental plural)
panterā (locative singular)
panterās (locative plural)
pantera (singular vocative)
panteras (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin panthēra, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”).

der

melnā pantera

nesen gan ciemā esot ielavījusies pantera un nozagusi kādu bērnu

not long ago, they say a panther had attacked the village and stolen a child

Maksis ir lokans un spēcīgs kā pantera

Max is flexible and strong like a panther

panther (large cats of genera Panthera and Puma, especially leopards and cougars)


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

lauvu mātīte, lauvene

dresēt lauvas

lauvas tiesa


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)

puišeļi šaudās ar kaķenēm


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)


kaķēns

kaķēns (nominative singular)
kaķēni (nominative plural)
kaķēna (genitive singular)
kaķēnu (genitive plural)
kaķēnam (dative singular)
kaķēniem (dative plural)
kaķēnu (accusative singular)
kaķēnus (accusative plural)
kaķēnu (instrumental singular)
kaķēniem (instrumental plural)
kaķēnā (locative singular)
kaķēnos (locative plural)
kaķēn (singular vocative)
kaķēni (plural vocative)

mazie kaķēni

kaķe ar kaķēniem

jautrs kaķēns


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


lauvēns

lauvēns (nominative singular)
lauvēni (nominative plural)
lauvēna (genitive singular)
lauvēnu (genitive plural)
lauvēnam (dative singular)
lauvēniem (dative plural)
lauvēnu (accusative singular)
lauvēnus (accusative plural)
lauvēnu (instrumental singular)
lauvēniem (instrumental plural)
lauvēnā (locative singular)
lauvēnos (locative plural)
lauvēn (singular vocative)
lauvēni (plural vocative)

viņš izbaroja lauvēnu

lauvene ar lauvēniem


jaguārs

jaguārs (nominative singular)
jaguāri (nominative plural)
jaguāra (genitive singular)
jaguāru (genitive plural)
jaguāram (dative singular)
jaguāriem (dative plural)
jaguāru (accusative singular)
jaguārus (accusative plural)
jaguāru (instrumental singular)
jaguāriem (instrumental plural)
jaguārā (locative singular)
jaguāros (locative plural)
jaguār (singular vocative)
jaguāri (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately derived from Old Tupi îagûara (“jaguar”).

Brazīlijas jaguāriem draud pilnīga iznīcība

Brazilian jaguars are threatened with complete extinction

Panthera onca
Panthera onca#Translingual


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


tīģerēns

tīģerēns (nominative singular)
tīģerēni (nominative plural)
tīģerēna (genitive singular)
tīģerēnu (genitive plural)
tīģerēnam (dative singular)
tīģerēniem (dative plural)
tīģerēnu (accusative singular)
tīģerēnus (accusative plural)
tīģerēnu (instrumental singular)
tīģerēniem (instrumental plural)
tīģerēnā (locative singular)
tīģerēnos (locative plural)
tīģerēn (singular vocative)
tīģerēni (plural vocative)

tīģeriene ar tīģerēniem

tīģerēns ir tīģeru mazulis


lūsis

lūsis (nominative singular)
lūši (nominative plural)
lūša (genitive singular)
lūšu (genitive plural)
lūsim (dative singular)
lūšiem (dative plural)
lūsi (accusative singular)
lūšus (accusative plural)
lūsi (instrumental singular)
lūšiem (instrumental plural)
lūsī (locative singular)
lūšos (locative plural)
lūsi (singular vocative)
lūši (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lū́ˀśis, from Proto-Indo-European *lewḱ- (“lynx”), apparently a parallel form of *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) (whence Latvian lauks “field,” q.v.).
The animal was probably named after its glowing eyes and sharp vision, or perhaps because of its whitish fur. Cognates include Lithuanian lū́šis, Old Prussian luysis (uy maybe [ū] or [uʲ]), Russian рысь (rysʹ), Czech rys, Polish ryś, Proto-Germanic *luhs(u)- (Old High German luhs, German Luchs), Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), Old Armenian լուսանունք pl (lusanunkʻ)

Pēc 2005. gada datiem Kurzemē un Vidzemē mīt apmēram 700 ziemeļu lūšu

according to 2005 data, in Kurzeme and Vidzeme there are about 700 northern (= Eurasian) lynxes

vismazākie lūšu ģintī ir rūsganais lūsis (Lynx rufus) un Kanādas lūsis (Lynx canadensis)

the smallest (species) in the lynx genus are the bobcat (lit. russet lynx, Lynx rufus) and the Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis)

lynx (several species of medium-sized wildcats of the genus Lynx)


ņau

Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.

ņau, ņau!


murrāt

head

murrāt (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, only 3rd person, present murrā, past murrāja)

conjugation (second-person)
murrā (present)
murrāja (past)
murrā (indicative present singular third-person)
murrāja (indicative past singular third-person)
murrās (future indicative singular third-person)
lai murrā (imperative singular third-person)
murrā (indicative plural present third-person)
murrāja (indicative past plural third-person)
murrās (future indicative plural third-person)
lai murrā (imperative plural third-person)
murrājot (present renarrative)
murrājošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot murrājis (past renarrative)
murrādams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
murrāšot (future renarrative)
murrājot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai murrājot (imperative)
murrājam (active participle participle-4 present)
murrājis (active participle past)
murrātu (conditional present)
būtu murrājis (conditional past)
jāmurrā (debitive indicative)
būt jāmurrā (debitive indicative)
murrāt (infinitive)
esot jāmurrā (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nemurrāt (infinitive negative)
jāmurrājot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
murrāšana (noun-from-verb)

From the same source as murdēt and murmināt: Proto-Baltic *mur-, from Proto-Indo-European *mur-, an stem that represents voice-like noises, perhaps from *mew-, *mū- “wet; dirty wetness, moisture; to wash” with an extra r.

kaķene murrā skaļi un omulīgi

guļ nobarojies runcis, aizmirsis ķert peles un žurkas, bet tikai slinki murrā

the well-fed (male) cat, having forgotten to catch mice and rats, just purrs lazily

kā kaķis maigi murrājot, jūra skalo viļņus pret smilšu sēri

like a cat gently purring, the sea waves washed against the sandbanks

(of cats) to purr (to make a quiet, vibrating noise in their throat)


ņaudēt

ņaudēt (intransitive, 3rd conjugation, present ņaudu, ņaudi, ņaud, past ņaudēju)

conjugation (third-person)
ņaudu (present)
ņaudi (present)
ņaud (present)
ņaudēju (past)
ņaudu (first-person indicative present singular)
ņaudēju (first-person indicative past singular)
ņaudēšu (first-person future indicative singular)
ņaudi (indicative present second-person singular)
ņaudēji (indicative past second-person singular)
ņaudēsi (future indicative second-person singular)
ņaudi (imperative second-person singular)
ņaud (indicative present singular third-person)
ņaudēja (indicative past singular third-person)
ņaudēs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai ņaud (imperative singular third-person)
ņaudam (first-person indicative plural present)
ņaudējām (first-person indicative past plural)
ņaudēsim (first-person future indicative plural)
ņaudēsim (first-person imperative plural)
ņaudat (indicative plural present second-person)
ņaudējāt (indicative past plural second-person)
ņaudēsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
ņaudēsit (future indicative plural second-person)
ņaudiet (imperative plural second-person)
ņaud (indicative plural present third-person)
ņaudēja (indicative past plural third-person)
ņaudēs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai ņaud (imperative plural third-person)
ņaudot (present renarrative)
ņaudošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot ņaudējis (past renarrative)
ņaudēdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
ņaudēšot (future renarrative)
ņaudot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai ņaudot (imperative)
ņaudam (active participle participle-4 present)
ņaudējis (active participle past)
ņaudētu (conditional present)
būtu ņaudējis (conditional past)
jāņaud (debitive indicative)
būt jāņaud (debitive indicative)
ņaudēt (infinitive)
esot jāņaud (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
neņaudēt (infinitive negative)
jāņaudot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
ņaudēšana (noun-from-verb)

A verbalized form of the onomatopoeic (imitative) interjection ņau “meow.”

kaķis, pelēks kā pele, ņaudā un ņaudā

kaķis velnišķi ņaudēja un lūkojās manī

the cat meowed devilishly and looked at me

(only 3rd person) to meow (to produce a cat's typical vocal noise, cry)


ņaudiens

ņaudiens (nominative singular)
ņaudieni (nominative plural)
ņaudiena (genitive singular)
ņaudienu (genitive plural)
ņaudienam (dative singular)
ņaudieniem (dative plural)
ņaudienu (accusative singular)
ņaudienus (accusative plural)
ņaudienu (instrumental singular)
ņaudieniem (instrumental plural)
ņaudienā (locative singular)
ņaudienos (locative plural)
ņaudien (singular vocative)
ņaudieni (plural vocative)

kaķa ņaudieni

krūmos atskanēja miermīlīgs ņaudiens

in the bushes there sounded a peaceful meow

pagrabā nejauki iebrēcās kaķis un pēc gara ņaudiena apklusa

in the cellar, a nasty cat cried out; after a long meow he became silent

meow (one instance of a cat's typical vocal sound)