grīva

See also: griva and grīvā

Latvian
Grīva

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *grī́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHweh₂ (“neck, nape”), from the stem *gʷer- (“to swallow”), whence also Latvian dzert (“to drink”)). Cognates include Proto-Slavic *griva (“mane”) (Russian гри́ва (gríva, “mane”) (dialectal also “narrow bay,” “steep river bank”), Belarusian гры́ва (hrýva, “mane”) (dialectal also “dry place in a swamp”), Ukrainian гри́ва (hrýva, “mane”), Czech hříva, Polish grzywa), Sanskrit ग्रीवा (grīvā́, “neck”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡɾīːva]
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Noun

grīva f (4th declension)

  1. estuary, mouth (the place at which a river reaches the sea)
    padziļināt upes grīvu ― to deepen the river's estuary
    pie Daugavas grīvas bija pārāk daudz zvejnieku ― at the mouth of the Daugava there were too many fishermen

Declension
Declension of grīva (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) grīva grīvas
accusative (akuzatīvs) grīvu grīvas
genitive (ģenitīvs) grīvas grīvu
dative (datīvs) grīvai grīvām
instrumental (instrumentālis) grīvu grīvām
locative (lokatīvs) grīvā grīvās
vocative (vokatīvs) grīva grīvas

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