zobs – Latvian noun declension

Noun: zobs
Hyphenation:

Gender: Declension:

Singular

Nominative	zobs
Accusative	zobu
Genitive	zoba
Dative	zobam
Instrumental	zobu
Locative	zobā
Vocative	zobs

Plural

Nominative	zobi
Accusative	zobus
Genitive	zobu
Dative	zobiem
Instrumental	zobiem
Locative	zobos
Vocative	zobi

Sample Sentences

veselīgi zobi (healthy teeth)
nedzīvs zobs (lifeless tooth)
zoba kronis (tooth crown)
zoba sakne (tooth root)
zoba emalja (tooth enamel)
zobu šķilšanās (teething (lit. teeth hatching))
bērnam nāk zobi (the child's teeth are coming out)
zoba plombēšana (tooth filling)
zobu sāpes (toothache)
zobu protēze (denture (lit. tooth prosthesis))
izraut zobu (to pull out a tooth)
tīrīt zobus ar suku (to clean (one's) teeth with a brush)
piena zobs (milk tooth)
acu zobs, acuzobs (eye tooth (i.e., canine tooth))
gudrības zobs (wisdom tooth)
tik auksts, ka zobi klab ((it is) so cold that (one's) teeth chatter)
zāģa zobi (saw teeth)
ielikt pļaujmašīnai jaunu zobu (to add a new tooth to the mower)
pils torņa zobi (castle tower teeth (= battlement, crenels))
viņš iedod atslēgu; tā ir pavisam jauna, smalki ievīlētiem zobiem (he gave the key; it is brand new, (with) finely filed teeth)
izkapts zobs (the cutting edge (lit. tooth) of a scythe)
uzskati koku, ko cirvja zobs dziļi ievainojis (you are looking at a tree which the ax blade, edge (lit. tooth) hurt (= cut) deep)

Nouns inflected like zobs

vēders, akvārijs, ziloņkauls, iekaisums, šāvējs, ģitārists, ābols, dievs, ezers, tārps, omārs, bērns, kakls, kalns, kauls, putns, zieds, gājiens, grāmatsējējs, deguns, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas (with irregular *am > Latvian o ([uo]); or perhaps from a parallel form *žanbas, since *an > Latvian o ([uo]) is a regular change), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth; row of teeth”), itself from the stem *ǵembʰ- (“to bite”), apparently a variant of synonymous *ǵebʰ-. Cognates include Lithuanian žam̃bas (“log, beam edge; any sharp, angular object”), žam̃bis (“wooden plow”), Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian зуб (zub), Bulgarian зъб (zăb), Czech zub, Polish ząb, Old High German chamb (“comb”), Old Norse kambr, Old English camb, English comb, Albanian dhëmb (“tooth”), Sanskrit जम्भः (jámbhaḥ, “tooth, fang”), Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “nail, peg”), γομφίος (gomphíos, “molar”). See: Bulgarian Nouns 'зъб', Czech Nouns 'zub', Polish Nouns 'ząb', Old Norse Nouns 'kambr', Old English Nouns 'camb', English Nouns 'comb', Ancient Greek Nouns 'γόμφος'.

Verbs referencing "zobs"

Latvian Nouns ķemme.