dievas

See also: Dievas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwas (compare Latvian dievs, Old Prussian dēiwas), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognate to Latin deus and Sanskrit देव (devá).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪ͡ə.ʋɐs/

Noun

diẽvas m (plural dievaĩ, feminine deĩvė) stress pattern 4

  1. (religion, mythology) a god

Declension
declension of dievas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) diẽvas dievaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) diẽvo dievų̃
dative (naudininkas) diẽvui dieváms
accusative (galininkas) diẽvą dievùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) dievù dievaĩs
locative (vietininkas) dievè dievuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) diẽve dievaĩ

Derived terms
Words derived from dievas
  • dieviškas
  • dievaitis
  • dievulis
  • dievybė
  • dievinti
  • dievotas
  • bedievis
  • dievagotis
  • dievažytis
  • Dievaži
  • dievobaimingas
  • diemedis
  • sudieu, sudie

See also

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tievδës, *tievës.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtie̯vas/

Adjective

dievas (comparative dievvasit, superlative dievvaseamọs)

  1. full
  2. complete

Inflection
Odd, vv-v gradation
Attributive dievas
Nominative dievas
Genitive dievvasa
Attributive dievas
Singular Plural
Nominative dievas dievvasat
Accusative dievvasa dievvasiid
Genitive dievvasa dievvasiid
Illative dievvasii dievvasiidda
Locative dievvasis dievvasiin
Comitative dievvasiin dievvasiiguin
Essive dievasin

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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