blīvs
Latvian
Etymology
A 20th-century derivation by back-formation from the adverb blīviski (“densely”), short form blīvi, itself a 19th-century derivation from the verb blīvēt (“to pack tightly, to make dense”), an 18th-century borrowing from Low German flīen, Middle Low German vlīen or Middle Dutch vlijen (“to order, stack, lay down in layers”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [blīːws]
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Adjective
blīvs (definite blīvais, comparative blīvāks, superlative visblīvākais, adverb blīvi)
- dense, compact, thick (such that its parts are tight, very close to each other)
- blīva viela ― dense, thick substance, material
- blīva masa ― dense mass
- blīva augsne ― compact soil
- tight, solid, compact, dense (without gaps; pressed, pulled tight, fitting tightly)
- blīvs audums ― solid, continuous fabric
- blīvs spraugu pildījums ― solid, dense gap filling
- logs bija aizklāts ar blīvu aizkaru, un ne mazākais saules stariņš neiespīdēja istabā ― the window was covered with a heavy, tight curtain; not even the slightest ray of sunshine could get into the room
- beidzot vāvere uzliek ligzdai pamatīgu, blīvu lapu jumtu, lai nesūktos cauri lietus ― finally the squirrel made for (his) nest a roof of dense, compact leaves, so that the rain wouldn't leak through (it)
- dense, packed (where living beings are very close to each other)
- blīva drūzma ― dense, packed crowd
- pavasaros uz Sahalīnas piekrasti dodas tik blīvi siļķu bari, ka uz zivju mugurām stāv kaijas ― in spring such tight, packed herring schools come to the coast of Sakhalin that [seagulls can] stand on the backs of the fish
- rudeņos blīvā straumē ceļo uz dienvidiem žubītes un citi sīkie putni ― in autumn finches and other small birds travel south in a dense stream
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of blīvs
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | blīvs | blīvi | blīva | blīvas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | blīvu | blīvus | blīvu | blīvas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | blīva | blīvu | blīvas | blīvu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | blīvam | blīviem | blīvai | blīvām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | blīvu | blīviem | blīvu | blīvām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | blīvā | blīvos | blīvā | blīvās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Derived terms
- blīvums
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “blīvēt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN