balva
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
balva f (4th declension)
- prize, award
- Synonyms: godalga, prēmija
- Pulicera balva ― Pulitzer Prize
Declension edit
Declension of balva (4th declension)
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Samic *pëlvë, from Proto-Uralic *pilwe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balva
Inflection edit
| Even a-stem, lv-lvv gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | balva | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | balvva | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | balva | balvvat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | balvva | balvvaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | balvva | balvvaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | balvii | balvvaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | balvvas | balvvain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | balvvain | balvvaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | balvan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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