pakavs

Latvian

Pakavs

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) pakava

Etymology

Traditionally considered a borrowing from Russian подко́ва (podkóva), first mentioned (as pakava in 17th-century dictionaries. It is also possible, however, that the word may have been a recent native derivation, from the verb kaut, past tense kavu, in the sense “to hit, to beat,” occasionally used (instead of kalt) in folk songs to mean “to shoe (a horse).”

Noun

pakavs m (1st declension)

1. horseshoe (U-shaped metal object used to protect a horse's hooves)

   pakavu naglas ― horseshoe nails

   laimes pakavs ― lucky horseshoe

   piesist pakavu ― to nail a horseshoe on

   apkalt zirgu ar jauniem pakavirem ― to shoe a horse with new horseshoes

Declension

Declension of pakavs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	pakavs	pakavi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pakavu	pakavus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pakava	pakavu
dative (datīvs)	pakavam	pakaviem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pakavu	pakaviem
locative (lokatīvs)	pakavā	pakavos
vocative (vokatīvs)	pakav	pakavi

See also

• zirgs