"spilve" meaning in Latvian

See spilve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [spìlve], [spīlve]
Etymology: From the same stem as spalva (“feather”): Proto-Baltic *spelw-, *spl̥w- (> *spilw-), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)p(h)el-, *to split, cast off with an u extension. The variants spilva, spilve derive from *spilw- with different vowel endings. Etymology templates: {{uder|lv|bat-pro|*spelw-}} Proto-Baltic *spelw-, {{uder|lv|ine-pro|*(s)p(h)el-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)p(h)el- Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} spilve f, {{lv-noun|f|5th}} spilve f (5th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|spil|e|5th||v|vj}}, {{lv-decl-noun-5|spil|e|4=|5=v|6=vj|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|spilve|spilves|spilvi|spilves|spilves|spilvju|spilvei|spilvēm|spilvi|spilvēm|spilvē|spilvēs|spilve|spilves|type=5th|x=0}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], spilve [nominative, singular], spilves [nominative, plural], spilves [genitive, singular], spilvju [genitive, plural], spilvei [dative, singular], spilvēm [dative, plural], spilvi [accusative, singular], spilves [accusative, plural], spilvi [instrumental, singular], spilvēm [instrumental, plural], spilvē [locative, singular], spilvēs [locative, plural], spilve [singular, vocative], spilves [plural, vocative], spilva [alternative]
  1. cottongrass (various species of plants from the sedge family in genus Eriophorum) Tags: declension-5, feminine
    Sense id: en-spilve-lv-noun-MEWZ7jW6 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian undefined derivations, Latvian words with falling intonation, Latvian words with level intonation, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Plant anatomy, Sedges Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 75 25 Disambiguation of Latvian undefined derivations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Latvian words with falling intonation: 53 47 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 57 43 Disambiguation of Sedges: 65 35
  2. little hair-like growths (on plants like cottongrass) Tags: declension-5, feminine
    Sense id: en-spilve-lv-noun-eLAa64xj Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian undefined derivations, Latvian words with falling intonation, Latvian words with level intonation, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latvian undefined derivations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Latvian words with falling intonation: 53 47 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spilvens

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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