kāravs

Latvian

Kārava dūzis

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from French carreau.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kāravs m (1st declension)

1. (card games) diamonds (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦)

   kārava dūzis ― ace of diamonds

   Lūsis paņēma vēl vienu kārti: tā bija kārava dāma ― Lūsis took yet another card: it was the queen of diamonds

   kapteinis sāka dalīt kārtis, un Vilks izklaidīgi ņēma tās pretī... tur bija viens kalps un trīs dāmas: krusta, kārava un sirds ― the captain started dealing the cards, and Vilks absent-mindedly took them... there were three queens: clubs, diamonds, and hearts

Declension

Declension of kāravs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kāravs	kāravi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kāravu	kāravus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kārava	kāravu
dative (datīvs)	kāravam	kāraviem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kāravu	kāraviem
locative (lokatīvs)	kāravā	kāravos
vocative (vokatīvs)	kārav	kāravi