grīva
Latvian
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *grī́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHwéh₂.[1][2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgrīva 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
editDeclension of grīva (4th declension)
References
edit- ^ 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[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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