ķīsis

See also: kisis

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Livonian kiš (“ruffe”); compare cognates in other Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish kiiski, Estonian kiisk, kiis (“ruffe”)). This word is already attested in 15th-16th century family names, in 17th-century dictionaries as ķīsa, ķīsis, and from the 18th century on only in its modern form ķīsis.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [cīːsis]

Noun

ķīsis m (2nd declension)

  1. ruffe (small freshwater fish, especially Gymnocephalus cernua)
    ķīsis barojas ar odu kāpuriem un zivju ikriem ― the ruffe feeds on mosquito larvae and fish eggs

Declension

Declension of ķīsis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative ķīsis ķīši
genitive ķīša ķīšu
dative ķīsim ķīšiem
accusative ķīsi ķīšus
instrumental ķīsi ķīšiem
locative ķīsī ķīšos
vocative ķīsi ķīši

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ķīsis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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