pieva
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *poyH-weh₂, and cognate with Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “grass”), Latvian pļava.[1] Derksen originally derived the Proto-Indo-European formation further from *peh₂- (“to protect”), but later prefers a derivation from *peyh₂- (“to swell, be fat”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
píeva f (plural píevos) stress pattern 1
Declension
Declension of píeva
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | píeva | píevos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | píevos | píevų |
| dative (naudininkas) | píevai | píevoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | píevą | píevas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | píeva | píevomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | píevoje | píevose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | píeva | píevos |
Derived terms
References
- ^ “píeva” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–).
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pieva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 354-5