zirgs

From Proto-Baltic *źirˀgás. Cognates include Lithuanian žìrgas (“good, beautiful horse; steed”), Old Prussian sirgis ([zirgis], “stallion”), Sudovian zirgo (“horse”).

• IPA^(key): [zîɾks]

zirgs m (1st declension)

1. horse (esp. Equus caballus; generic word)

   šķirnes zirgs ― breed horse

   darba zirgs ― work horse

   sacīkšu zirgs ― race horse

   neiebraukts zirgs ― a horse that has not been run in

   braukt ar zirgu ― to ride (on) a horse

   zirgs rikšo, auļo ― the horse trots, gallops

   zirgs zviedz ― the horse neighs

   apkalt zirgu ― to shoe a horse

   dzirdīt zirgus pie akas ― to make the horses drink at the well

   jūgt zirgu arklā ― to harness a horse to a plow

   strādā kā zirgs ― (s/he) works like a horse

• nīlzirgs

• “zirgs” in Latviešu literārās valodas vārdnīca