vīķe

See also: vike and vīķē

Latvian
Vīķe

Etymology

Perhaps related to Estonian viidikas.

Noun

vīķe f (5th declension)

  1. common bleak (small river fish of the family Cyprinidae, species Alburnus alburnus)
    vīķes dzīvo galvenokārt krasta tuvumā un pārtiek no piekrastes zooplanktona ― bleaks live mainly near the coast and feed on coastal zooplancton
    vīķes sālīt prata mūsu tālie senči jau tajos laikos, kad tikai iemācījās makšķerēt un uzzināja, kas ir sāls ― our distant ancestors knew how to salt bleaks already in the old times, when they had just learned to fish and found out what salt was

Declension
Declension of vīķe (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) vīķe vīķes
accusative (akuzatīvs) vīķi vīķes
genitive (ģenitīvs) vīķes vīķu
dative (datīvs) vīķei vīķēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) vīķi vīķēm
locative (lokatīvs) vīķē vīķēs
vocative (vokatīvs) vīķe vīķes
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