avots

Latvian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Livonian ovāt (“spring, hole in the ice”), related to Finnish avanto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈavūɔ̯̄t͡s]

Noun

avõts m (1st declension)

1. spring (water source)
2. source
3. channel

Declension

Declension of avots (1st)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	avots	avoti
genitive	avota	avotu
dative	avotam	avotiem
accusative	avotu	avotus
instrumental	avotu	avotiem
locative	avotā	avotos
vocative	avot	avoti