zivs

zivs ?

1. fish

• (dialectal forms) zuvs, zuve

Latvian zivs, dialectal zuvs, zuve, from Proto-Baltic *žuwis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”). Cognates include Lithuanian žuvìs (“fish”), Old Prussian suckis (zukis, “fish”), Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús), Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn).

Karulis doesn't accept the resolution of the thorn cluster and so instead sets up *ǵʰeu-wi-s, *ǵʰu-wi-s from a putative Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“fish”), comparing *ǵʰeu- (“to pour”) or *ǵʰēu-, *ǵʰəu- (“to gape”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ziws]

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zivs f (6th declension)

1. fish (animal that lives in water, moving with fins and breathing with gills)

   jūras zivis ― sea fish

   svaigas zivis ― fresh fish

   saldētas zivis ― frozen fish

   žāvēt zivis ― to dry fish

   zivju dīķi ― fish ponds

   zivju eļļa ― fish oil

   zivju nārsts ― fish spawning

   plēsīgās zivis ― predatory fish

   zivju konservi ― canned fish

   zivju ikri, spuras ― fish eggs, fins

   saldūdens zivis ― freshwater fish

   dziļūdens zivis ― deep-water fish

   vilkt, zvejot zivis ― to catch fish

   zivju rūpniecība ― the fish(ing) industry

   kā zivs ūdenī ― like a fish in water (= very comfortable)

   “vai te nav kāda upe tuvumā?” “ir; un tur ir daudz zivju” — “isn't there some river nearby?” “(yes,) there is; and there are a lot of fish there (= in it)”

• zveja
• zvejnieks, zvejniece, zvejniecība