Mežāzis
See also: mežāzis
Latvian
Etymology
From dialectal term mežāzis (“male roe deer”), translating Late Latin Capricornus (“goat horn”), from Latin capra (“goat”) and cornū (“horn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛʒâːzis]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
| Strēlnieks | Ūdensvīrs | |
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Mežāzis m (1st declension)
- (astronomy) the constellation of Capricorn or Capricornus; astronomical abbreviation: Cap
- Mežāža trops ― tropic of Capricorn
- (astrology) Capricorn (zodiac sign); astrological symbol: ♑)
- pēc horoskopa viņš ir Mežāzis ― by the horoscope, he is Capricorn
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Mežāzis | — |
| genitive | Mežāža | — |
| dative | Mežāzim | — |
| accusative | Mežāzi | — |
| instrumental | Mežāzi | — |
| locative | Mežāzī | — |
| vocative | Mežāzi | — |
See also
| Zodiac signs in Latvian (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auns |
Vērsis |
Dvīņi |
Vēzis | ||||||||
Lauva |
Jaunava |
Svari |
Skorpions | ||||||||
Strēlnieks |
Mežāzis |
Ūdensvīrs |
Zivis | ||||||||