hisvan
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English he-swan ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hiˈsvan]
Noun
hisvan (plural hisvans)
- male swan, cob, he-swan
Declension
declension of hisvan
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hisvan | hisvans |
| genitive | hisvana | hisvanas |
| dative | hisvane | hisvanes |
| accusative | hisvani | hisvanis |
| vocative 1 | o hisvan! | o hisvans! |
| predicative 2 | hisvanu | hisvanus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
Hypernyms
- böd
- nim
- svan
Hyponyms
- hisvanil (diminutive)
- musigasvan (“whooper swan”), Cygnus cygnus (synonyms: Cycnus musicus, Cygnus musicus (both obsolete))
Coordinate terms
- jisvan
See also
- dök
- gan
- pijun