From the darv- stem of daru (“crane”, bird) + -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix).
darva
For the possessive of daru in the sense “construction crane”, see daruja.
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | darva | — |
| accusative | darvát | — |
| dative | darvának | — |
| instrumental | darvával | — |
| causal-final | darváért | — |
| translative | darvává | — |
| terminative | darváig | — |
| essive-formal | darvaként | — |
| essive-modal | darvául | — |
| inessive | darvában | — |
| superessive | darván | — |
| adessive | darvánál | — |
| illative | darvába | — |
| sublative | darvára | — |
| allative | darvához | — |
| elative | darvából | — |
| delative | darváról | — |
| ablative | darvától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
darváé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
darváéi | — |
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dérwa (“tree”).
darva f (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | darva | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | darvu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | darvas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | darvai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | darvu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | darvā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | darva | — |