spilve

See also: spilvē

Latvian
Spilve

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same stem as spalva (“feather”): Proto-Baltic *spelw-, *spl̥w- (> *spilw-), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)p(h)el-, *to split, cast off with an u extension. The variants spilva, spilve derive from *spilw- with different vowel endings.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [spìlve], IPA(key): [spīlve]

Noun

spilve f (5th declension)

  1. cottongrass (various species of plants from the sedge family in genus Eriophorum)
    šaurlapu spilve ― blue (lit. narrow-leaved) cottongrass
    platlapu spilve ― broad-leaved cottongrass
  2. little hair-like growths (on plants like cottongrass)
    gaisā peldošā spilve ― cottongrass floating in the air

Declension
Declension of spilve (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) spilve spilves
accusative (akuzatīvs) spilvi spilves
genitive (ģenitīvs) spilves spilvju
dative (datīvs) spilvei spilvēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) spilvi spilvēm
locative (lokatīvs) spilvē spilvēs
vocative (vokatīvs) spilve spilves

Derived terms

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