jūras lauva

See also: jūras lauvā

Latvian
Jūras lauvas

Pronunciation
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Noun

jūras lauva m or f (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

  1. sea lion (family Otariidae)
    visām jūras lauvām ir kopīgs tas, ka tās ir lielāka auguma kā kotiki ― all sea lions have in common that they are of greater height than fur seals

Usage notes

The term jūras lauva is ambigenous. It is masculine when it refers to males and feminine when it refers to females. It is, however, always declined as a feminine noun, with the exception of its dative singular form, which is jūras lauvam when it refers to a male and jūras lauvai when it refers to a female.

Declension
Declension of jūras lauva (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) jūras lauva jūras lauvas
accusative (akuzatīvs) jūras lauvu jūras lauvas
genitive (ģenitīvs) jūras lauvas jūras lauvu
dative (datīvs) jūras lauvam, jūras lauvai jūras lauvām
instrumental (instrumentālis) jūras lauvu jūras lauvām
locative (lokatīvs) jūras lauvā jūras lauvās
vocative (vokatīvs) jūras lauva jūras lauvas
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