dievs

See also: Dievs

Latvian
Dievs (1)
Seno grieķu dievi (2)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwas, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. The original meaning was probably “light,” from which “sky” (via “bright one”, “shining one”) (a meaning still found in Proto-Finnic *taivas), whence also “god”.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dìɛws]
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Noun

dievs m (1st declension, feminine form: dieviete or dieve)

  1. (theology, Christianity, often capitalized) god (supernatural being that created the world)
    lūgt dievu ― to pray to god
    ticēt dievam ― to believe in god
    dieva kalps ― servant of god (i.e., a preacher)
    dieva tiesa ― god's judgment
    dievs (pa)sargi! pasargi dievs! lai dievs (pa)sarga! ― god forbid!
    mīļais dievs! mans dievs! ― dear god! my god!
    reliģijai raksturīgs uzskats, ka pasauli radījis dievs ― (it) is a characteristic belief of religion that god created the world
    dieva valstība ― kingdom of god (literally "state of god"; karaliste, the word for kingdom, is not used in the Latvian Bible)
  2. (mythology) god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship)
    seno grieķu dievi ― ancient Greek gods
    romiešu dievi ― Roman gods
    pagāniskie dievi ― pagan gods
    kara dievs ― the god of war

Declension
Declension of dievs (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) dievs dievi
accusative (akuzatīvs) dievu dievus
genitive (ģenitīvs) dieva dievu
dative (datīvs) dievam dieviem
instrumental (instrumentālis) dievu dieviem
locative (lokatīvs) dievā dievos
vocative (vokatīvs) dievs dievi

Antonyms

Derived terms

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “dievs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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