niva
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niva
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech niva, from Proto-Slavic *ňiva. The cheese was named in reference to the similarity between its appearance and a meadow.
Pronunciation
Noun
niva f
- a type of blue cheese, a Czech equivalent of Roquefort
- floodplain
- (archaic) meadow
- Synonym: louka
Declension
Further reading
- “niva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “niva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “niva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Sami; compare Northern Sami njavvi (“small rapid, small river”).
Pronunciation
Noun
niva (dialectal)
- A small rapid in a river.
Declension
| Inflection of niva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | niva | nivat | |
| genitive | nivan | nivojen | |
| partitive | nivaa | nivoja | |
| illative | nivaan | nivoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | niva | nivat | |
| accusative | nom. | niva | nivat |
| gen. | nivan | ||
| genitive | nivan | nivojen nivain rare | |
| partitive | nivaa | nivoja | |
| inessive | nivassa | nivoissa | |
| elative | nivasta | nivoista | |
| illative | nivaan | nivoihin | |
| adessive | nivalla | nivoilla | |
| ablative | nivalta | nivoilta | |
| allative | nivalle | nivoille | |
| essive | nivana | nivoina | |
| translative | nivaksi | nivoiksi | |
| abessive | nivatta | nivoitta | |
| instructive | — | nivoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Holonyms
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “niva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03