spilve

See also: spilvē

Latvian

Spilve

Alternative forms

• spilva

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.

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

• spilvens