zvīņa – Latvian noun declension

Latvian noun forms of zvīņa

Noun: zvīņa
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Declension:

Singular

Nominativezvīņa
Accusativezvīņu
Genitivezvīņas
Dativezvīņai
Instrumentalzvīņu
Locativezvīņā
Vocativezvīņa

Plural

Nominativezvīņas
Accusativezvīņas
Genitivezvīņu
Dativezvīņām
Instrumentalzvīņām
Locativezvīņās
Vocativezvīņas

Sample Sentences

  • raga zvīņas (bone scales)
  • zivju zvīņas (fish scales)
  • zivis ar spožām zvīņām (fish with shiny scales)
  • nokasīt zvīņas (to scrape off the scales)
  • zvīņu karpa (scaly carp (breed of carp with smooth, golden scales))
  • čiekura zvīņas (pine cone scales)
  • tas bija vecs dīķis, zaļām aļģu zvīņām klāts (it was an old pond, covered with green algae scales)
  • sīpols var būt līdz 7 cm garumā un līdz 3 cm diametrā, to klāj brūnas zvīņas (an onion can be up to 7 cm long and up to 3 cm in diameter, covered by brown scales)
  • plānas kārtainas ledus zvīņas (thin, laminated ice scales (on a puddle))
  • tā sastāv no sīkām zvīņām, kas ir kristāliskā grafīta kārtas (it consists of tiny scales, which are the layers of crystalline graphite)
  • blaugznu zvīņas (dandruff scales, flakes)
  • sausa āda ir jutīga, caurspīdīga, dažreiz tā viegli lobās, it kā būtu noklāta ar zvīņām (dry skin is sensitive, clear, sometimes it sheds easily, as if it were covered with scales)

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *žu(w)- (with the suffixes *-in and (feminine) *-(y)a), from the same stem as Latvian zivs (“fish”) (q.v.). See: Latvian Nouns 'zivs'.

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