papuve
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See also: papuvē
Latvian
Etymology
From pa- (“a little”) + puve (“rotting”), with puve from the past stem puv- of the verb pūt (“to rot”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
papuve f (5th declension)
- fallow, fallow land (land left unseeded for a year)
- atstāt zemi papuvē ― to leave land fallow
- papuvju aršana ― ploughing of the fallow lands
- papuves kultūras ― fallow crops
- tīrā papuve ― fallow where no crops grow (lit. clean fallow)
- melnā papuve ― fallow which is kept with fertilizer and where weeds are systematically destroyed (lit. black fallow)
Declension
Declension of papuve (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | papuve | papuves |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | papuvi | papuves |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | papuves | papuvju |
| dative (datīvs) | papuvei | papuvēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | papuvi | papuvēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | papuvē | papuvēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | papuve | papuves |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “pūt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN