skuja
See also: Skuja and skują
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skwajāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *skw-oy-eh₂, from *ksu-, from *kes-; see also Proto-Slavic *xvoja.
Noun
skuja f (4th declension)
- needle (botany)
Declension
Declension of skuja (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | skuja | skujas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | skuju | skujas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | skujas | skuju |
| dative (datīvs) | skujai | skujām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | skuju | skujām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | skujā | skujās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | skuja | skujas |
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “хвоя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “хвоя”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 337
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvoja / *xvojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 125