alavas

Lithuanian

alavas

Etymology

The native cognate álvas was displaced by a borrowing from Russian о́лово (ólovo, “tin”). Compare Latvian al̂va (“tin”), Old Prussian alwis (“lead”). Formal discrepancies imply that this word is probably ultimately a non-Indo-European borrowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaːlɐvɐs/

Noun

ãlavas m (uncountable) stress pattern 3

1. tin (metallic element with chemical symbol Sn)

Declension

Declension of ãlavas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	ãlavas	alavaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	ãlavo	alavų̃
dative (naudininkas)	ãlavui	alaváms
accusative (galininkas)	ãlavą	ãlavus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	ãlavu	alavaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	alavè	alavuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	ãlave	alavaĩ

Derived terms

• alavinis
• alavuoti
• alavuotojas

Portuguese

Verb

alavas

1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of alar