dzērve
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See also: dzērvē
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Baltic *gerwē-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerHw-, derived from *ger-, *gerh₂-, used to form words that represent or imitate harsh bird sounds. The long vowel results from an intonational change: er̄ > ēr. Cognates include Lithuanian gérvė, Old Prussian gerwe, Sudovian gerwe (“stork”), Proto-Slavic *žeravъ < *geravъ (Russian жура́вль (žurávlʹ) < жера́вль (žerávlʹ), Belarusian жура́ў (žuráŭ), жураве́ль (žuravjélʹ), Ukrainian жура́в (žuráv), жураве́ль (žuravélʹ), Bulgarian же́рав (žérav), Czech žeráv, Polish żuraw), Old High German kranuh, German Kranich, Ancient Greek γέρην (gérēn), γέρανος (géranos), Latin grūs.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dzērve f (5th declension)
- crane (several species of birds, typically with long legs, belonging to the family Gruidae, especially Grus grus)
- dzērvju klaigas ― the clamor of cranes
- kā dzērves rindā ― like cranes in line (i.e., one after the other)
- dzērves ir ļoti gurdi un tramīgi putni ― cranes are very smart and skittish birds
- vēl purvos dzērves sauc, celdamās spārnos ― in the swamps the cranes still call, raising their wings
Declension
[edit]Declension of dzērve (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | dzērve | dzērves |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | dzērvi | dzērves |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | dzērves | dzērvju |
dative (datīvs) | dzērvei | dzērvēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | dzērvi | dzērvēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | dzērvē | dzērvēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | dzērve | dzērves |
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dzērve”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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- Latvian etymologies from LEV
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