dievs

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *Deivas (compare Latvian dievas, Old Prussian deywis), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognate to Latin deus and Sanskrit देव (devá).

Noun

dievs m, 1st declension, feminine form: dieviete, dieve

1. (theology) god

Declension

declension of dievs

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	dievs	dievi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	dievu	dievus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	dieva	dievu
dative (datīvs)	dievam	dieviem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	dievu	dieviem
locative (lokatīvs)	dievā	dievos
vocative (vokatīvs)	diev	dievi

Derived terms

• dievināt