cirvis

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirw(i)os, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

cirvis m (2nd declension)

1. axe

Declension

Declension of cirvis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	cirvis	cirvji
accusative (akuzatīvs)	cirvi	cirvjus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	cirvja	cirvju
dative (datīvs)	cirvim	cirvjiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	cirvi	cirvjiem
locative (lokatīvs)	cirvī	cirvjos
vocative (vokatīvs)	cirvi	cirvji

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47