ezis

Latvian
Ezis

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *ežis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”), perhaps from eǵʰi-no-s “one that deals with snakes” > “snake-eater”.

Cognates include Lithuanian ežỹs, regional ẽżis, Proto-Slavic *ežь (Russian ёж (jož), Ukrainian dialectal ож (ož), Bulgarian еж (ež), Czech regional jež, Polish jeż), Old High German igil (< *eǵʰil-), Middle Low German egel, German Igel), Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), Old Armenian ոզնի (ozni).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɛzis]
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Noun

ezis m (2nd declension)

  1. hedgehog (small spiny mammal)
    eža adatas ― hedgehog needles
    ass kā ezis ― sharp as a hedgehog

Declension
Declension of ezis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ezis eži
accusative (akuzatīvs) ezi ežus
genitive (ģenitīvs) eža ežu
dative (datīvs) ezim ežiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) ezi ežiem
locative (lokatīvs) ezī ežos
vocative (vokatīvs) ezi eži

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ezis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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