žuvis
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źū́ˀs; related to Latvian zivs, Old Prussian suckis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- [1]; cognate with Ancient Greek ἰχθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s), Old Armenian ձուկն (jukn, “fish”).
Since *dK- regularly yielded *iKt- in Greek (compare ἰκτῖνος (iktînos), ἑκατόν (hekatón)), Proto-Indo-European *d- as opposed to *dʰ- must be reconstructed, encouraging a connection with the root *deǵʰ- (“liquid?”); compare Old Irish deug (“drink, draught, potion”), Lithuanian dažaĩ (“paint, dye”). A similar semantic path can be observed in ūdra (“otter”) from *wed- (“water”) [2]
Noun
žuvìs f (plural žùvys) stress pattern 4
- fish (living animal or its meat)
Declension
declension of žuvis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | žuvìs | žùvys |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | žuviẽs | žuvų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | žùviai | žuvìms |
| accusative (galininkas) | žùvį | žuvìs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | žuvimì | žuvimìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | žuvyjè | žuvysè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | žuviẽ | žùvys |
Derived terms
terms derived from žuvis
- Žuvys
- žuvinis
- žuvingas
- žuviškas
- žuviena
- žvynas
- žvynė
- žvejys m, žvejė f
- žvėjoti
- žuvauti
- žūklė
- žuvininkystė
- žuvėdra
- žuvitakis
- žuvivaisa
Related terms
- dažai, dažyti
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523
- Kortlandt, Frederik (2014), “Proto-Indo-European “thorn”-clusters”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, volume 127, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, JSTOR 43857953