grīva

See also: griva and grīvā

Latvian

Grīva

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *grī́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHweh₂ (“neck, nape”), from the stem *gʷer- (“to swallow”), whence also Latvian dzert (“to drink”)). Cognates include Proto-Slavic *griva (“mane”) (Russian гри́ва (gríva, “mane”) (dialectal also “narrow bay,” “steep river bank”), Belarusian гры́ва (hrýva, “mane”) (dialectal also “dry place in a swamp”), Ukrainian гри́ва (hrýva, “mane”), Czech hříva, Polish grzywa), Sanskrit ग्रीवा (grīvā́, “neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɾīːva]

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Noun

grīva f (4th declension)

1. estuary, mouth (the place at which a river reaches the sea)

   padziļināt upes grīvu ― to deepen the river's estuary

   pie Daugavas grīvas bija pārāk daudz zvejnieku ― at the mouth of the Daugava there were too many fishermen

Declension

Declension of grīva (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	grīva	grīvas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	grīvu	grīvas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	grīvas	grīvu
dative (datīvs)	grīvai	grīvām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	grīvu	grīvām
locative (lokatīvs)	grīvā	grīvās
vocative (vokatīvs)	grīva	grīvas