govs – Latvian noun declension

Noun: govs
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	govs
Accusative	govi
Genitive	govs
Dative	govij
Instrumental	govi
Locative	govī
Vocative	govs

Plural

Nominative	govis
Accusative	govis
Genitive	govju
Dative	govīm
Instrumental	govīm
Locative	govīs
Vocative	govis

Sample Sentences

govju ferma (cow farm, cattle ranch)
govju ēdināšana (the feeding of the cattle)
piena govs (milk cow, dairy cow)
slaukt govis (to milk the cows)
govs stāv ciet, ir ciet (the cow stands, is closed (= does not give milk, before calving))

Nouns inflected like govs

skrimšļzivs, avs, zobenzivs, haizivs, nāvs, govs, zivs,

Etymology

1. From earlier Latvian *gùovis, from Eastern Proto-Baltic *guowis (an i-stem), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gaw- ~ *gōw-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”).
2. Cognates include Hittite [script needed] (guwau-), Old Armenian կով (kov), Proto-Slavic *govędo (“cattle”) (Russian говя́дина (govjádina, “beef”), dialectal говя́до (govjádo, “cattle, beef, butter”), Belarusian гавя́да (havjáda, “domestic animal”), Bulgarian говедо (govedo, “cow, cattle”), Czech hovado (“cow, cattle”)), Old High German chuo (German Kuh, Dutch koe, English cow, Swedish ko, Icelandic kýr), Proto-Celtic *bow- (Old Irish bó, Irish bó, Scottish Gaelic bò, Middle Welsh bu) Latin bōs, bōvis (“ox, cattle”), dialectal vos (Italian bove, bue, French bœuf, Romanian bou, Spanish buey, Portuguese boi). See: Bulgarian Nouns 'говедо', Czech Nouns 'hovado', German Nouns 'Kuh', Dutch Nouns 'koe', English Nouns 'cow', Swedish Nouns 'ko', Icelandic Nouns 'kýr', Irish Nouns 'bó', Latin Nouns 'bōs', Italian Nouns 'bove', French Nouns 'bœuf', Romanian Nouns 'bou', Spanish Nouns 'buey', Portuguese Nouns 'boi'.

Verbs referencing "govs"

English Nouns cow.