pļava

See also: pļāva and pļavā

Latvian
Pļava

Etymology

From the same source as pļaut (“to mow, to reap”), made into a feminine 2nd-declension noun (ending -a).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʎava]

Noun

pļava f (4th declension)

  1. meadow (area of low vegetation, natural or sown, for mowing or grazing)
    dabiskā pļava ― natural meadow
    palienes, līča, alpīna pļava ― floodplain, bay, alpine meadow
    pļavu augi, puķes, augsnes ― meadow plants, flowers, soil
    ierīkot pļavu ― to set up a meadow
    siena pļava ― hay meadow (for mowing)
    nopļaut pļavu ― to mow a meadow

Declension
Declension of pļava (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) pļava pļavas
accusative (akuzatīvs) pļavu pļavas
genitive (ģenitīvs) pļavas pļavu
dative (datīvs) pļavai pļavām
instrumental (instrumentālis) pļavu pļavām
locative (lokatīvs) pļavā pļavās
vocative (vokatīvs) pļava pļavas

Derived terms

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