grīva
See also: griva and grīvā
Latvian
Grīva
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *grī́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHwéh₂.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡɾīːva]
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Noun
grīva f (4th declension)
- estuary, mouth (the place at which a river reaches the sea)
- padziļināt upes grīvu ― to deepen the river's estuary
- pie Daugavas grīvas bija pārāk daudz zvejnieku ― at the mouth of the Daugava there were too many fishermen
Declension
Declension of grīva (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | grīva | grīvas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | grīvu | grīvas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | grīvas | grīvu |
| dative (datīvs) | grīvai | grīvām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | grīvu | grīvām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | grīvā | grīvās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | grīva | grīvas |
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “grīva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 535: “*gríʔwaʔ”
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “grīva”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN