From Proto-Baltic *gem-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, to come, to step”); compare dzemdēt (“to give birth”) (q.v.). From the zero grade form *gʷm̥- comes Latvian dzimt (“to be born”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian gimda.[1]
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dzemde f (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | dzemde | dzemdes |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | dzemdi | dzemdes |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | dzemdes | dzemžu |
dative (datīvs) | dzemdei | dzemdēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | dzemdi | dzemdēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | dzemdē | dzemdēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | dzemde | dzemdes |