hipopotams

See also: hipopòtams

Latvian

Etymology

From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus (via some other European language), from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).

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Noun

hipopotams m (1st declension)

1. Synonym of nīlzirgs

Declension

Declension of hipopotams (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	hipopotams	hipopotami
accusative (akuzatīvs)	hipopotamu	hipopotamus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	hipopotama	hipopotamu
dative (datīvs)	hipopotamam	hipopotamiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	hipopotamu	hipopotamiem
locative (lokatīvs)	hipopotamā	hipopotamos
vocative (vokatīvs)	hipopotam	hipopotami

Synonyms

• behemots, begemots
• nīlzirgs