svins
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Danish
Noun
svins n
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwīnas, from a very old borrowing into Indo-European, probably borrowed at the same time as the word for “iron”. It was probably influenced or contaminated by Hittite 𒅆𒉌𒋾 (šiniti, “copper”), and by Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to shine, white, light”) (> Proto-Baltic *šwei-, *šwi-). Cognates include Lithuanian švi̇̀nas, Old East Slavic свиньць (svinĭcĭ) (Russian свине́ц (svinéc)); the word is also probably related to Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos, “bluish metal”), from Hittite (kuwannan-, “precious stone, copper, blue”).
Pronunciation
Noun
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Pb | |
| Previous: tallijs (Tl) | |
| Next: bismuts (Bi) | |
svins m (1st declension)
- lead (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 82.)
- svina rūda ― lead ore
- svina savienojumi, oksīdi ― lead compounds, oxides
- svina stikls ― lead glass
- svina akumulators ― lead battery
- svina caurule, stienis ― lead pipe, bar
- kausēt svinu ― to melt lead
- smags kā svins ― heavy as lead
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | svins | — |
| genitive | svina | — |
| dative | svinam | — |
| accusative | svinu | — |
| instrumental | svinu | — |
| locative | svinā | — |
| vocative | svin | — |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “svins”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Swedish
Noun
svins