stirnāzis

Latvian

From stirnu (“roe deer[gen.]”) +‎ āzis (“buck”).

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stirnāzis m (2nd declension)

male roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
stirnāzis dzenā kazu ap krūmu trakā ātrumā līdz galīgam pagurumam ― the male roe deer drives the female around the bush at a crazy speed until she is tired (lit. to final tiredness)

Declension of stirnāzis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	stirnāzis	stirnāži
accusative (akuzatīvs)	stirnāzi	stirnāžus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	stirnāža	stirnāžu
dative (datīvs)	stirnāzim	stirnāžiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	stirnāzi	stirnāžiem
locative (lokatīvs)	stirnāzī	stirnāžos
vocative (vokatīvs)	stirnāzi	stirnāži