grīva

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See also: griva and grīvā

Latvian

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Grīva

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *grī́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHwéh₂.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɾīːva]
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Noun

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grīva f (4th declension)

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

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “grīva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 535:*gríʔwaʔ
  2. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “grīva”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN