tievs
Latvian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *tenˀwas, from an old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European u-stem noun *ténh₂us to which secondary adjectival endings were added (*tenh₂-u-os), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- (“to stretch, to pull, to strain”) (whence also tīt (“to wind, to coil, to wrap”), q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian tévas (“slender, thin, delicate”), Proto-Slavic *tьnъ (Old Church Slavonic тьнъкъ (tĭnŭkŭ), Russian то́нкий (tónkij), Ukrainian то́нкий (tónkyj, “thin, delicate”), Bulgarian тъ̀нък (tǎ̀nǎk, “slender, thin, delicate, light”), Czech tenký (“thin, delicate”), Polish cienki (“thin, fluid”), Upper Sorbian čeńki (“thin, weak”)), Old High German thunni, dunni (“slender, thin”), German dünn, English thin, Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “slender, thin, small, weak”), Latin tenuis (“slender, thin, narrow, delicate, simple”), Ossetian тӕн (tæn, “slender, thin”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
tievs (definite tievais, comparative tievāks, superlative vistievākais, adverb tievi)
- (of cylindrical objects) thin (having a relatively small cross-section)
- tievs zīmulis, vads ― thin pencil, pipe
- tieva caurule, aukla ― thin tube, string
- tievs kakls ― thin neck
- tievi zari, koki ― thin branches, trees
- tievā zarna ― small (lit. thin) intestine
- (of people and animals, their body parts) thin, slim, slender (having relatively small size and low weight)
- tieva meitene ― thin girl
- tievs viduklis ― thin waist
- tievas kājas, rokas ― thin legs, arms
- tievs ka lapsene ― thin as a wasp
- (of voices) high-pitched
- balstiņa dusmās divreiz tievāka kā parasti ― (his) little voice in anger (was) twice as thin as usual
Declension
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | tievs | tievi | tieva | tievas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | tievu | tievus | tievu | tievas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | tieva | tievu | tievas | tievu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | tievam | tieviem | tievai | tievām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | tievu | tieviem | tievu | tievām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | tievā | tievos | tievā | tievās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “tievs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN