"alva" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

IPA: [ālva] Audio: lv-riga-alva.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Baltic *alu-ā-, *alwā-, from a derived form *al-əu-, *al-u- of Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to shine, to light”). Cognates include Lithuanian álvas, ãlavas, Old Prussian alwis (“lead”), Old Church Slavonic олово (olovo, “lead”), Russian and Ukrainian олово (olovo, “tin”), Bulgarian олово (olovo, “lead”), Czech olovo (“lead”), Polish ołów (“lead”), and, from a different derived form of *al-, Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “white rash”), Latin albus (“dull white”). Etymology templates: {{der|lv|bat-pro|*alu-ā-}} Proto-Baltic *alu-ā-, {{m|ine-bsl-pro|*alwā-}} *alwā-, {{m|ine-pro|*al-əu-}} *al-əu-, {{m|ine-pro|*al-u-}} *al-u-, {{der|lv|ine-pro|*al-||to shine, to light}} Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to shine, to light”), {{cog|lt|álvas}} Lithuanian álvas, {{m|lt|ãlavas}} ãlavas, {{cog|prg|alwis||lead}} Old Prussian alwis (“lead”), {{cog|cu|олово||lead}} Old Church Slavonic олово (olovo, “lead”), {{cog|uk|олово||tin}} Ukrainian олово (olovo, “tin”), {{cog|bg|олово||lead}} Bulgarian олово (olovo, “lead”), {{cog|cs|olovo||lead}} Czech olovo (“lead”), {{cog|pl|ołów||lead}} Polish ołów (“lead”), {{m|ine-pro|*al-}} *al-, {{cog|grc|ἀλφός||white rash}} Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “white rash”), {{cog|la|albus||dull white}} Latin albus (“dull white”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} alva f, {{lv-noun|f|4th}} alva f (4th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|alv|a|4th|no-pl|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-4|alv|a|4=no-pl|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|alva|-|alvu|-|alvas|-|alvai|-|alvu|-|alvā|-|alva|-|16=|type=4th declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-4 [table-tags], alva [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], alvu [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], alvas [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], alvai [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], alvu [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], alvā [locative, singular], - [locative, plural], alva [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative]
  1. tin (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 50) Wikipedia link: lv:alva Tags: declension-4, feminine Categories (topical): Chemical elements, Metals

Inflected forms

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          "text": "alvas rūda",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "tin alloys",
          "text": "alvas sakausējumi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "tin spoon",
          "text": "alvas karote",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "cover with tin",
          "text": "pārklāt ar alvu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to melt tin",
          "text": "kausēt alvu",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tin (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 50)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tin",
          "tin"
        ],
        [
          "metallic",
          "metallic#English"
        ],
        [
          "chemical element",
          "chemical element#English"
        ],
        [
          "atomic number",
          "atomic number#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "lv:alva"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ālva]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "lv-riga-alva.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Lv-riga-alva.ogg/Lv-riga-alva.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Lv-riga-alva.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alva"
}

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