kāravs
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Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Apparently borrowed from French carreau.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]kāravs m (1st declension)
- (card games) diamonds (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦)
- kārava dūzis ― ace of diamonds
- Lūsis paņēma vēl vienu kārti: tā bija kārava dāma ― Lūsis took yet another card: it was the queen of diamonds
- kapteinis sāka dalīt kārtis, un Vilks izklaidīgi ņēma tās pretī... tur bija viens kalps un trīs dāmas: krusta, kārava un sirds ― the captain started dealing the cards, and Vilks absent-mindedly took them... there were three queens: clubs, diamonds, and hearts
Declension
[edit]Declension of kāravs (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | kāravs | kāravi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | kāravu | kāravus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | kārava | kāravu |
dative (datīvs) | kāravam | kāraviem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | kāravu | kāraviem |
locative (lokatīvs) | kāravā | kāravos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | kārav | kāravi |
See also
[edit]Suits in Latvian · sugas (see also: kārts, spēļu kārts) (layout · text) | |||
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sirdis | kāravi | pīķi | krusti, kreiči |