grīva

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See also: griva and grīvā

Latvian[edit]

 grīva on Latvian Wikipedia
Grīva

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(file)

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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 (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN