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Traditionally considered a borrowing from Russianподко́ва(podkóva), first mentioned (as pakava in 17th-century dictionaries. It is also possible, however, that the word may have been a recent native derivation, from the verb kaut, past tense kavu, in the sense “to hit, to beat,” occasionally used (instead of kalt) in folk songs to mean “to shoe (a horse).”[1]
Noun
pakavsm (1st declension)
horseshoe(U-shaped metal object used to protect a horse's hooves)
pakavu naglas ― horseshoe nails
laimes pakavs ― lucky horseshoe
piesist pakavu ― to nail a horseshoe on
apkalt zirgu ar jauniem pakavirem ― to shoe a horse with new horseshoes
