labība

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Latvian

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Labība

Etymology

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From labs (good) +‎ -ība. The original meaning of labība was 'property', 'riches', until the early 17th century. Cognate with Lithuanian regionalism labýba (property, riches). Compare the same semantic evolution in Lithuanian gėrỹba (property, cereals), from Lithuanian gẽras (good), and in Polish zboże (cereal, grain), previously "property, riches". [1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [labìːba]
  • Audio (Riga):(file)

Noun

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labība f (4th declension)

  1. cereal (kind of grass cultivated for its edible grains)
    labības kombainscereal harvester
    labību kaitēkļicereal, grain pests
    pļaut labībuto mow cereals
  2. (chiefly in the singular) cereal, grain (the grains of cereal plants)
    nosvērt labībuto weigh the grain
    iztīrīt labībuto clean the grain
    labības glabātavacereal storage facility

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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