Mežāzis

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Latvian

Mežāzis (Capricornus)

Etymology

From dialectal term mežāzis (“male roe deer”), translating Late Latin Capricornus (“goat horn”), from Latin capra (“goat”) and cornū (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛʒâːzis]

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Proper noun

Signs of the Zodiac

Strēlnieks		Ūdensvīrs
Latvian Wikipedia has an article about Mežāzis.

Mežāzis m (1st declension)

1. (astronomy) the constellation of Capricorn or Capricornus; astronomical abbreviation: Cap

   Mežāža trops ― tropic of Capricorn

2. (astrology) Capricorn (zodiac sign); astrological symbol: ♑)

   pēc horoskopa viņš ir Mežāzis ― by the horoscope, he is Capricorn

Declension

Declension of Mežāzis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Mežāzis	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Mežāzi	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Mežāža	—
dative (datīvs)	Mežāzim	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Mežāzi	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Mežāzī	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Mežāzi	—

See also

• zvaigznājs

Zodiac signs in Latvian (layout · text)
Auns	Vērsis	Dvīņi	Vēzis
Lauva	Jaunava	Svari	Skorpions
Strēlnieks	Mežāzis	Ūdensvīrs	Zivis