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Danish
Noun
svins n
- indefinite genitive singular of svin
- indefinite genitive plural of svin
Latvian
svins on Latvian Wikipedia
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
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
Declension of svins (1st declension)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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svins
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genitive
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svina
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dative
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svinam
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accusative
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svinu
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instrumental
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svinu
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locative
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svinā
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vocative
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svin
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References
Swedish
Noun
svins
- indefinite genitive plural of svin
- indefinite genitive singular of svin