svins

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Noun

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svins n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of svin
  2. indefinite genitive plural of svin

Latvian

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 svins on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwīnas, from a very old borrowing into Indo-European, probably borrowed at the same time as the word for “iron”. It was probably influenced or contaminated by Hittite 𒅆𒉌𒋾 (šiniti, copper), and by Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (to shine, white, light) (> Proto-Baltic *šwei-, *šwi-). Cognates include Lithuanian švìnas, Old East Slavic свиньць (svinĭcĭ) (Russian свине́ц (svinéc)); the word is also probably related to Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos, bluish metal), from Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, precious stone, copper, blue).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Chemical element
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svins m (1st declension)

  1. lead (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 82.)
    svina rūdalead ore
    svina savienojumi, oksīdilead compounds, oxides
    svina stiklslead glass
    svina akumulatorslead battery
    svina caurule, stienislead pipe, bar
    kausēt svinuto melt lead
    smags kā svinsheavy as lead

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “svins”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Swedish

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Noun

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svins

  1. indefinite genitive plural of svin
  2. indefinite genitive singular of svin