Talk:Delfines

Delfines
Genitive singular form of Delphin? Several dictionaries I checked say that Delphins is the only possible genitive form (same for Delfines, which is only a spelling variant). Longtrend 11:44, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Appears to be an error. These forms are not even remotely attestable, therefore they're gone. -- Prince Kassad 16:20, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The form "Delphines" is attestable in Google books:
 * "Die Gestalt eines Delphines bezieht sich wohl, allem Ansehen nach, vor ..."
 * "Die Energien des Delphines und Ihres Engels umgeben Sie und wenn Sie soweit sind..."
 * "Auf den Kopf des Delphines hat jeder Jüngling ein Bein gestellt,"
 * "Der Schädel ähnelt dem des gemeinen Delphines, ist etwas breiter..."
 * It may be a rare form or a non-standard one, but it seems attestable. See also b.g.c.: Delphines, lang=de.
 * For the other form "Delfines" I have not looked. --Dan Polansky 22:34, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks like, actually. -- Prince Kassad 12:16, 16 September 2010 (UTC) addendum: and the second one I think refers to a person called "Delphines".