labība

See also: labībā

Latvian

Labība

Etymology

From labs (“good”) +‎ -ība. The original meaning of labība was 'property', 'riches', until the early 17th century. Cognate with Lithuanian regionalism labýba (“property, riches”). Compare the same semantic evolution in Lithuanian gėrỹba (“property, cereals”), from Lithuanian gẽras (“good”), and in Polish zboże (“cereal, grain”), previously "property, riches".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [labìːba]

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Noun

labība f (4th declension)

1. cereal (kind of grass cultivated for its edible grains)

   labības kombains ― cereal harvester

   labību kaitēkļi ― cereal, grain pests

   pļaut labību ― to mow cereals

2. (chiefly in the singular) cereal, grain (the grains of cereal plants)

   nosvērt labību ― to weigh the grain

   iztīrīt labību ― to clean the grain

   labības glabātava ― cereal storage facility

Declension

Declension of labība (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	labība	labības
accusative (akuzatīvs)	labību	labības
genitive (ģenitīvs)	labības	labību
dative (datīvs)	labībai	labībām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	labību	labībām
locative (lokatīvs)	labībā	labībās
vocative (vokatīvs)	labība	labības

Derived terms

• labības mēnesis

See also

• graudi