ālants
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German ālant, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“white, shiny”), first mentioned in 17th-century sources (as alands; the form ālants appeared only in the 19th century).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ālants m (1st declension)
- ide (small fish species of the family Cyprinidae, species Leuciscus idus)
- Baltijas jūrā ir daudz dažādu zivju... ir arī saldūdens zivis: ālanti, raudas, karūsas... ― in the Baltic Sea there is a large variety of fish... there are also freshwater fish: ide, roach, bream
- foreļu un ālantu apdzīvotajos strautos un upītēs rudenī aizvien vēl valda dzīva rosība, jo šīs zivis īsti labi jūtas vēsā ūdenī ― in the fall, in rivers inhabited by trout and ide, there is still a lot of activity, because these fish feel really well in cold water
Declension edit
Declension of ālants (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | ālants | ālanti |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | ālantu | ālantus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ālanta | ālantu |
| dative (datīvs) | ālantam | ālantiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | ālantu | ālantiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | ālantā | ālantos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | ālant | ālanti |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ālants”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN