[kāīja]
CilmeUltimately a sound-symbolic word, based on the seagull's squawk (kai, ke; cf. Russian чайка (čajka)).
- declension-4, femininegull, seagull (sea bird of family Laridae, especially genus Larus)
“kaiju bars” — a flock of gulls
“kaiju dzimta” — the gull family (= Laridae)
“kaijas un albatrosi milzīgiem bariem aplido kuģi” — gulls and albatrosses flew around the ship in huge groups
Formaskaija(nominative, singular) · kaijas(nominative, plural) · kaijas(genitive, singular) · kaiju(genitive, plural) · kaijai(dative, singular) · kaijām(dative, plural) · kaiju(accusative, singular) · kaijas(accusative, plural) · kaiju(instrumental, singular) · kaijām(instrumental, plural) · kaijā(locative, singular) · kaijās(locative, plural) · kaija(singular, vocative) · kaijas(plural, vocative) · kaiva(alternative)
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