See nīlzirgs in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "Nīla",
"3": "zirgs",
"gloss1": "Nile river",
"gloss2": "horse"
},
"expansion": "Nīla (“Nile river”) + zirgs (“horse”)",
"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Nilpferd"
},
"expansion": "German Nilpferd",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἱπποπόταμος"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Nīla (“Nile river”) + zirgs (“horse”), probably a calque of German Nilpferd, itself ultimately a calque (with Nile instead of river) from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos) (from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "declension-1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "lv-decl-noun",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "1st declension",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgiem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgiem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgos",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirg",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "noun",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "nīlzirgs m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "1st"
},
"expansion": "nīlzirgs m (1st declension)",
"name": "lv-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nīlzirg",
"2": "s",
"3": "1st"
},
"name": "lv-decl-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nīlzirg",
"2": "s",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"drop-v": "",
"keep-s": "",
"x": "0"
},
"name": "lv-decl-noun-1"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nīlzirgs",
"10": "nīlzirgiem",
"11": "nīlzirgā",
"12": "nīlzirgos",
"13": "nīlzirg",
"14": "nīlzirgi",
"2": "nīlzirgi",
"3": "nīlzirgu",
"4": "nīlzirgus",
"5": "nīlzirga",
"6": "nīlzirgu",
"7": "nīlzirgam",
"8": "nīlzirgiem",
"9": "nīlzirgu",
"type": "1st declension",
"x": "0"
},
"name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
}
],
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "lv",
"name": "Mammals",
"orig": "lv:Mammals",
"parents": [
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "hippopotamus herd",
"text": "nīlzirgu bars",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the hippopotamus homeland is the interior of Africa",
"text": "nīlzirgu dzimtene ir Āfrikas vidiene",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"hippopotamus (genus Hippopotamus)"
],
"id": "en-nīlzirgs-lv-noun-21-~3vdy",
"links": [
[
"hippopotamus",
"hippopotamus"
],
[
"Hippopotamus",
"Hippopotamus#Translingual"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "behemots"
},
{
"word": "begemots"
},
{
"word": "hipopotams"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"masculine"
],
"wikipedia": [
"lv:nīlzirgs"
]
}
],
"word": "nīlzirgs"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "Nīla",
"3": "zirgs",
"gloss1": "Nile river",
"gloss2": "horse"
},
"expansion": "Nīla (“Nile river”) + zirgs (“horse”)",
"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Nilpferd"
},
"expansion": "German Nilpferd",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἱπποπόταμος"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Nīla (“Nile river”) + zirgs (“horse”), probably a calque of German Nilpferd, itself ultimately a calque (with Nile instead of river) from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos) (from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "declension-1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "lv-decl-noun",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "1st declension",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgiem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgiem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgos",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirg",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "nīlzirgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "noun",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "nīlzirgs m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "1st"
},
"expansion": "nīlzirgs m (1st declension)",
"name": "lv-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nīlzirg",
"2": "s",
"3": "1st"
},
"name": "lv-decl-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nīlzirg",
"2": "s",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"drop-v": "",
"keep-s": "",
"x": "0"
},
"name": "lv-decl-noun-1"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nīlzirgs",
"10": "nīlzirgiem",
"11": "nīlzirgā",
"12": "nīlzirgos",
"13": "nīlzirg",
"14": "nīlzirgi",
"2": "nīlzirgi",
"3": "nīlzirgu",
"4": "nīlzirgus",
"5": "nīlzirga",
"6": "nīlzirgu",
"7": "nīlzirgam",
"8": "nīlzirgiem",
"9": "nīlzirgu",
"type": "1st declension",
"x": "0"
},
"name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
}
],
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latvian calques",
"Latvian compound terms",
"Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
"Latvian first declension nouns",
"Latvian lemmas",
"Latvian masculine nouns",
"Latvian nouns",
"Latvian terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for audio pronunciation in Latvian entries",
"lv:Mammals"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "hippopotamus herd",
"text": "nīlzirgu bars",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the hippopotamus homeland is the interior of Africa",
"text": "nīlzirgu dzimtene ir Āfrikas vidiene",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"hippopotamus (genus Hippopotamus)"
],
"links": [
[
"hippopotamus",
"hippopotamus"
],
[
"Hippopotamus",
"Hippopotamus#Translingual"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"masculine"
],
"wikipedia": [
"lv:nīlzirgs"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "behemots"
},
{
"word": "begemots"
},
{
"word": "hipopotams"
}
],
"word": "nīlzirgs"
}
Download raw JSONL data for nīlzirgs meaning in Latvian (3.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latvian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.