spilve
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Spilve
See also: spilvē
Latvian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the same stem as spalva (“feather”): Proto-Baltic *spelw-, *spl̥w- (> *spilw-), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)p(h)el-, *to split, cast off with an u extension. The variants spilva, spilve derive from *spilw- with different vowel endings.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
spilve f (5th declension)
- cottongrass (various species of plants from the sedge family in genus Eriophorum)
- šaurlapu spilve ― blue (lit. narrow-leaved) cottongrass
- platlapu spilve ― broad-leaved cottongrass
- little hair-like growths (on plants like cottongrass)
- gaisā peldošā spilve ― cottongrass floating in the air
Declension
Declension of spilve (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | spilve | spilves |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | spilvi | spilves |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | spilves | spilvju |
| dative (datīvs) | spilvei | spilvēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | spilvi | spilvēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | spilvē | spilvēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | spilve | spilves |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “spilvens”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN