hisvan

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English he-swan [1]).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hiˈsvan]

Noun

hisvan (nominative plural hisvans)

  1. 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 later, non-classical Volapük only

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • hisvanil (diminutive)
  • musigasvan (“whooper swan”), Cygnus cygnus (synonyms: Cycnus musicus, Cygnus musicus (both obsolete))

Coordinate terms

See also

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