ківш

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Ukrainian

ківш
ківш

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ковшь (kovšĭ), borrowed from Lithuanian káušas (“ladle, dipper, big spoon”), derived from Lithuanian káuti (“hew, chop out”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káuˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kowh₂-, from the root *kewh₂-.

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Noun

ківш • (kivš) m inan (genitive ковша́ or ківша́, nominative plural ковші́ or ківші́, genitive plural ковші́в or ківші́в, relational adjective ківшови́й or ківше́вий, diminutive кі́вшик)

  1. scoop, dipper, ladle
  2. bucket (of an excavator)

Declension

Declension of ківш (inan semisoft masc-form accent-b і-о)
singular plural
nominative ківш
kivš 		ковші́, ківші́
kovší, kivší
genitive ковша́, ківша́
kovšá, kivšá 		ковші́в, ківші́в
kovšív, kivšív
dative ковше́ві, ковшу́, ківше́ві, ківшу́
kovšévi, kovšú, kivšévi, kivšú 		ковша́м, ківша́м
kovšám, kivšám
accusative ківш
kivš 		ковші́, ківші́
kovší, kivší
instrumental ковше́м, ківше́м
kovšém, kivšém 		ковша́ми, ківша́ми
kovšámy, kivšámy
locative ковшу́, ковші́, ківшу́, ківші́
kovšú, kovší, kivšú, kivší 		ковша́х, ківша́х
kovšáx, kivšáx
vocative ко́вшу, кі́вшу
kóvšu, kívšu 		ковші́, ківші́
kovší, kivší

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