papuve

See also: papuvē

Latvian

Etymology

From pa- (“a little”) +‎ puve (“rotting”), with puve from the past stem puv- of the verb pūt (“to rot”).

Noun

papuve f (5th declension)

1. fallow, fallow land (land left unseeded for a year)

   atstāt zemi papuvē ― to leave land fallow

   papuvju aršana ― ploughing of the fallow lands

   papuves kultūras ― fallow crops

   tīrā papuve ― fallow where no crops grow (lit. clean fallow)

   melnā papuve ― fallow which is kept with fertilizer and where weeds are systematically destroyed (lit. black fallow)

Declension

Declension of papuve (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	papuve	papuves
accusative (akuzatīvs)	papuvi	papuves
genitive (ģenitīvs)	papuves	papuvju
dative (datīvs)	papuvei	papuvēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	papuvi	papuvēm
locative (lokatīvs)	papuvē	papuvēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	papuve	papuves

Derived terms

• papuves mēnesis