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 diẽvas

	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

• Dievas

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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

• dievasmahttit

Related terms

• dievvat

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland