hisvan

hisvan

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English he-swan [1]).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hiˈsvan]

Noun

hisvan (genitive hisvana, plural hisvans)

  1. male swan, cob, he-swan

Declension

Declension of hisvan
Singular Plural
Nominative hisvan hisvans
Genitive hisvana hisvanas
Dative hisvane hisvanes
Accusative hisvani hisvanis
Predicative1 hisvanu hisvanus
Vocative o hisvan o hisvans
  1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • hisvanil (diminutive)
  • musigasvan (whooper swan), Cygnus cygnus (synonyms: Cycnus musicus, Cygnus musicus (both obsolete))

Coordinate terms

See also