tāvs

See also: tavs and tävs

Latgalian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Baltic *tewas. Cognates include Latvian tēvs and Lithuanian tėvas.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈtàːws]
Hyphenation: tāvs

Noun edit

tāvs m

father

Declension edit

Declension of tāvs (type 1 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	tāvs	tāvi
genitive	tāva	tāvu
dative	tāvam	tāvim
accusative	tāvu	tāvus
instrumental	tāvu	tāvim
locative	tāvā	tāvūs
vocative	tāv	tāvi

Synonyms edit

(colloquial) tēte

Coordinate terms edit

muote (“mother”)

References edit

A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 65

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