Noun: alva
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | alva |
| Accusative | alvu |
| Genitive | alvas |
| Dative | alvai |
| Instrumental | alvu |
| Locative | alvā |
| Vocative | alva |
Plural
Sample Sentences
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alvas rūda (tin ore)
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alvas sakausējumi (tin alloys)
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alvas karote (tin spoon)
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pārklāt ar alvu (cover with tin)
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kausēt alvu (to melt tin)
Nouns inflected like alva
greznība,
audzināšana,
kreilība,
senība,
nomāktība,
nabadzināšana,
luksemburgiešu valoda,
nestudēšana,
realizēšana,
velsiešu valoda,
sišana,
vārīšana,
producēšana,
nebloķēšana,
neejakulēšana,
albāņu valoda,
paaršana,
lasīšana,
taju valoda,
abstrahēšana, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Baltic *alu-ā-, *alwā-, from a derived form *al-əu-, *al-u- of Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to shine, to light”).
2. Cognates include Lithuanian álvas, ãlavas, Old Prussian alwis (“lead”), Old Church Slavonic олово (olovo, “lead”), Russian and Ukrainian олово (olovo, “tin”), Bulgarian олово (olovo, “lead”), Czech olovo (“lead”), Polish ołów (“lead”), and, from a different derived form of *al-, Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “white rash”), Latin albus (“dull white”). See: Ukrainian Nouns '
олово', Bulgarian Nouns '
олово', Czech Nouns '
olovo', Polish Nouns '
ołów', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἀλφός', Latin Nouns '
albus'.
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