svins

Danish

Noun

svins n

1. indefinite genitive singular of svin
2. indefinite genitive plural of svin

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwīnas, from a very old borrowing into Indo-European, probably borrowed at the same time as the word for “iron”. It was probably influenced or contaminated by Hittite 𒅆𒉌𒋾 (šiniti, “copper”), and by Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to shine, white, light”) (> Proto-Baltic *šwei-, *šwi-). Cognates include Lithuanian švi̇̀nas, Old East Slavic свиньць (svinĭcĭ) (Russian свине́ц (svinéc)); the word is also probably related to Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos, “bluish metal”), from Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “precious stone, copper, blue”).

Noun

Chemical element (edit)
Pb Atomic number 82 svins
Classification data Period 6 Group 14 Block p-block Class post-transition metal
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svins m (1st declension)

1. lead (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 82.)

   svina rūda ― lead ore

   svina savienojumi, oksīdi ― lead compounds, oxides

   svina stikls ― lead glass

   svina akumulators ― lead battery

   svina caurule, stienis ― lead pipe, bar

   kausēt svinu ― to melt lead

   smags kā svins ― heavy as lead

Declension

Declension of svins (1st)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	svins	—
genitive	svina	—
dative	svinam	—
accusative	svinu	—
instrumental	svinu	—
locative	svinā	—
vocative	svin	—

Swedish

Noun

svins

1. indefinite genitive plural of svin
2. indefinite genitive singular of svin