tievs

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *tenwas, from an old u-stem noun *tenu- to which secondary adjectival endings were added (*tenu-os), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, to pull, to strain”) (whence also tīt (“to wind, to coil, to wrap”), q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian tévas (“slender, thin, delicate”), Proto-Slavic *tьnъ (Old Church Slavonic тьнъкъ, Russian, Ukrainian тонкий (tónkij, “thin, delicate”), Bulgarian тънък (tǎ́nǎk, “slender, thin, delicate, light”), Czech tenký (“thin, delicate”), Polish cienki (“thin, fluid”), Upper Sorbian čeńki (“thin, weak”)), Old High German thunni, dunni (“slender, thin”), German dünn, English thin, Sanskrit तनुः (tanúḥ, “slender, thin, small, weak”), Latin tenuis (“slender, thin, narrow, delicate, simple”), Ossetian тæн (tæn, “slender, thin”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA: [tiêws]

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Adjective

tievs (def. tievais, comp. tievāks, sup. vistievākais; adv. tievi)

(of cylindrical objects) thin (having a relatively small cross-section)
tievs zīmulis, vads — thin pencil, pipe

tieva caurule, aukla — thin tube, string

tievs kakls — thin neck

tievi zari, koki — thin branches, trees

tievā zarna — small (lit. thin) intestine
(of people and animals, their body parts) thin, slim, slender (having relatively small size and low weight)
tieva meitene — thin girl

tievs viduklis — thin waist

tievas kājas, rokas — thin legs, arms

tievs ka lapsene — thin as a wasp
(of voices) high-pitched
balstiņa dusmās divreiz tievāka kā parasti — (his) little voice in anger (was) twice as thin as usual

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of tievs

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)		feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	tievs	tievi	tieva	tievas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	tievu	tievus	tievu	tievas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	tieva	tievu	tievas	tievu
dative (datīvs)	tievam	tieviem	tievai	tievām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	tievu	tieviem	tievu	tievām
locative (lokatīvs)	tievā	tievos	tievā	tievās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—	—	—