tievs
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tenˀwas, from an old Proto-Indo-European u-stem noun *ténh₂us to which secondary adjectival endings were added (*tenh₂-u-os), from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- (“to stretch, to pull, to strain”) (whence also tīt (“to wind, to coil, to wrap”), q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian tévas (“slender, thin, delicate”), Proto-Slavic *tьnъ (Old Church Slavonic тьнъкъ (tĭnŭkŭ), Russian, Ukrainian тонкий (tónkij, “thin, delicate”), Bulgarian тънък (tǎ́nǎk, “slender, thin, delicate, light”), Czech tenký (“thin, delicate”), Polish cienki (“thin, fluid”), Upper Sorbian čeńki (“thin, weak”)), Old High German thunni, dunni (“slender, thin”), German dünn, English thin, Sanskrit तनुः (tanúḥ, “slender, thin, small, weak”), Latin tenuis (“slender, thin, narrow, delicate, simple”), Ossetian тӕн (tæn, “slender, thin”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tiêws]
Adjective
tievs (tievais comparative, tievāks superlative, vistievākais adverb, tievi)
- (of cylindrical objects) thin (having a relatively small cross-section)
- tievs zīmulis, vads ― thin pencil, pipe
- tieva caurule, aukla ― thin tube, string
- tievs kakls ― thin neck
- tievi zari, koki ― thin branches, trees
- tievā zarna ― small (lit. thin) intestine
- (of people and animals, their body parts) thin, slim, slender (having relatively small size and low weight)
- tieva meitene ― thin girl
- tievs viduklis ― thin waist
- tievas kājas, rokas ― thin legs, arms
- tievs ka lapsene ― thin as a wasp
- (of voices) high-pitched
- balstiņa dusmās divreiz tievāka kā parasti ― (his) little voice in anger (was) twice as thin as usual
Declension
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | tievs | tievi | tieva | tievas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | tievu | tievus | tievu | tievas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | tieva | tievu | tievas | tievu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | tievam | tieviem | tievai | tievām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | tievu | tieviem | tievu | tievām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | tievā | tievos | tievā | tievās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “tievs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN