Venera

Venera (nominative singular)
Veneru (accusative singular)
Veneras (genitive singular)
Venerai (dative singular)
Veneru (instrumental singular)
Venerā (locative singular)
Venera (singular vocative)

From Latin Venus (genitive form Veneris).

lv:Venera (dieviete)
lv:Venera (planēta)

(Roman mythology) Venus (Roman goddess of love)


Marss

Marss (nominative singular)
Marsu (accusative singular)
Marsa (genitive singular)
Marsam (dative singular)
Marsu (instrumental singular)
Marsā (locative singular)
Mars (singular vocative)

From Latin Mars (“god of war”), from older Latin (older than 75 BC) Māvors. Mamers was his Oscan name. He was also known as Marmor, Marmar and Maris, the latter from the Etruscan deity Maris.

lv:Marss (mitoloģija)
lv:Marss (planēta)

(Roman mythology) Mars (Roman god of war)


milze

lv-noun

milze f (5th declension, masculine form: milzis)

milzis (masculine)
milze (nominative singular)
milzes (nominative plural)
milzi (accusative singular)
milzes (accusative plural)
milzes (genitive singular)
milžu (genitive plural)
milzei (dative singular)
milzēm (dative plural)
milzi (instrumental singular)
milzēm (instrumental plural)
milzē (locative singular)
milzēs (locative plural)
milze (singular vocative)
milzes (plural vocative)

From milzis (“(male) giant”) + -e (“fem.”).

viņš Speipnira mugurā jāj deviņas naktis, līdz ierodas pie upes Gjellas un šķērso tās tiltu, kuru sargā milze Modgūda

he rides on the back of Speipnirs for nine nights, until he comes to the river Gjella and crosses the bridge which is guarded by the giantess Modgūda

(folklore, mythology) female giant, giantess (very large, supernaturally strong female being)


pūķis

pūķis (nominative singular)
pūķi (nominative plural)
pūķi (accusative singular)
pūķus (accusative plural)
pūķa (genitive singular)
pūķu (genitive plural)
pūķim (dative singular)
pūķiem (dative plural)
pūķi (instrumental singular)
pūķiem (instrumental plural)
pūķī (locative singular)
pūķos (locative plural)
pūķi (singular vocative)
pūķi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Norse púki (“demon, evil spirit”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô; compare Swedish puke (“house spirit”).

naudas pūķis

mantas pūķis

(mythology, religion) in old Latvian mythology, a household spirit that could be bought, bred, or stolen, and protected the wealth of his owner


Persefone

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).


dievs

dievs m (1st declension, feminine form: dieviete or dieve)

dieviete (feminine)
dieve (feminine)
dievs (nominative singular)
dievi (nominative plural)
dievu (accusative singular)
dievus (accusative plural)
dieva (genitive singular)
dievu (genitive plural)
dievam (dative singular)
dieviem (dative plural)
dievu (instrumental singular)
dieviem (instrumental plural)
dievā (locative singular)
dievos (locative plural)
diev (singular vocative)
dievi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. The original meaning was probably “light,” from which “sky” (via “bright one”, “shining one”) (a meaning still found in Proto-Finnic *taivas), whence also “god”.

seno grieķu dievi

romiešu dievi

pagāniskie dievi

kara dievs

(mythology) god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship)


dēmons

dēmons (nominative singular)
dēmoni (nominative plural)
dēmonu (accusative singular)
dēmonus (accusative plural)
dēmona (genitive singular)
dēmonu (genitive plural)
dēmonam (dative singular)
dēmoniem (dative plural)
dēmonu (instrumental singular)
dēmoniem (instrumental plural)
dēmonā (locative singular)
dēmonos (locative plural)
dēmon (singular vocative)
dēmoni (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin daemon (“genius, guardian spirit”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).

uder

ļaunais dēmons

pielabināt dēmonus

atrasties dēmonu varā

pa nakti dēmoni nāk mani biedēt

during the night, demons come to frighten me

(mythology) demon, devil (supernatural evil being)


Hestija

Hestija (nominative singular)
Hestiju (accusative singular)
Hestijas (genitive singular)
Hestijai (dative singular)
Hestiju (instrumental singular)
Hestijā (locative singular)
Hestija (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía).

(Greek mythology) Hestia, the goddess of the hearth and domestic life.


Diāna

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. From Latin Diana.


Lilita

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1903. From Hebrew לילית. Cognate to English Lilith.


jods

jods (nominative singular)
jodi (nominative plural)
jodu (accusative singular)
jodus (accusative plural)
joda (genitive singular)
jodu (genitive plural)
jodam (dative singular)
jodiem (dative plural)
jodu (instrumental singular)
jodiem (instrumental plural)
jodā (locative singular)
jodos (locative plural)
jod (singular vocative)
jodi (plural vocative)

(mythology) Latvian mythological being, also called velns; a devil that presides over the dead in a realm under the earth


drakons

drakons (nominative singular)
drakoni (nominative plural)
drakonu (accusative singular)
drakonus (accusative plural)
drakona (genitive singular)
drakonu (genitive plural)
drakonam (dative singular)
drakoniem (dative plural)
drakonu (instrumental singular)
drakoniem (instrumental plural)
drakonā (locative singular)
drakonos (locative plural)
drakon (singular vocative)
drakoni (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”).

der

drakons ir klasisks tetovējums, vienlīdz populārs gan vīriešiem, gan sievietēm

the dragon is a classic tattoo, equally popular with men and with women

(mythology) dragon, winged serpent (reptilian monster that spits fire and devours people and animals)


zemlikas

zemlikas (nominative plural)
zemlikas (accusative plural)
zemliku (genitive plural)
zemlikām (dative plural)
zemlikām (instrumental plural)
zemlikās (locative plural)
zemlikas (plural vocative)

zemliku laiks

zemliku nakts

(mythology, usually in the plural) food offerings to the spirits of the dead; also the time of the year when these offerings should be made


veļu māte

veļu māte (nominative singular)
veļu mātes (nominative plural)
veļu māti (accusative singular)
veļu mātes (accusative plural)
veļu mātes (genitive singular)
veļu māšu (genitive plural)
veļu mātei (dative singular)
veļu mātēm (dative plural)
veļu māti (instrumental singular)
veļu mātēm (instrumental plural)
veļu mātē (locative singular)
veļu mātēs (locative plural)
veļu māte (singular vocative)
veļu mātes (plural vocative)

es redzēju veļu māti pa vārtiem ienākot

I saw the mother of the dead coming by the gate

(mythology) Latvian mythological being, usually with the form of an old woman, who guards the souls of the dead


veļi

veļi (nominative plural)
veļus (accusative plural)
veļu (genitive plural)
veļiem (dative plural)
veļiem (instrumental plural)
veļos (locative plural)
veļi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *welias, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“tear; pluck; rob; hurt; kill”).
Cognates include Lithuanian vẽlės, vė̃lės (singular vėlė̃, velė̃; compare also veliónis (“dead”)), Proto-Germanic *walaz (“dead”) (Old Norse valr (“fallen in the battlefield”), Valhǫll (“abode of fallen warriors”), valkyrja (“Valkyrie”) (i.e., those who led the dead warriors to Odin), Old High German wal (“battlefield”)), Tocharian A wäl (“to die”), walu (“dead one”).

cog

veļu valstība, valsts

veļu kults

veļu laiks

time of the dead (time in October when the dead return to visit their descendants)

aiziet veļos

(mythology, poetic, usually in the plural) soul of the dead; ghost


Merkurs

Merkurs (nominative singular)
Merkuru (accusative singular)
Merkura (genitive singular)
Merkuram (dative singular)
Merkuru (instrumental singular)
Merkurā (locative singular)
Merkur (singular vocative)

From Latin Mercurius, possibly derived from merx (“merchandise”), or perhaps from an Etruscan source that was influenced by merx.

(Roman mythology) Mercury (Roman god associated with speed)


Neptūns

Neptūns (nominative singular)
Neptūnu (accusative singular)
Neptūna (genitive singular)
Neptūnam (dative singular)
Neptūnu (instrumental singular)
Neptūnā (locative singular)
Neptūn (singular vocative)

(Roman mythology) Neptune (the Roman god of the ocean and of earthquakes)


Jupiters

Jupiters (nominative singular)
Jupiteru (accusative singular)
Jupitera (genitive singular)
Jupiteram (dative singular)
Jupiteru (instrumental singular)
Jupiterā (locative singular)
Jupiter (singular vocative)

From Latin Iuppiter (“father Jove”), originally a vocative cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter, “o father Zeus”).

lv:Jupiters (mitoloģija)
lv:Jupiters (planēta)

(Roman mythology) Jupiter (the king of the Roman gods, also called Jove)


Saturns

Saturns (nominative singular)
Saturnu (accusative singular)
Saturna (genitive singular)
Saturnam (dative singular)
Saturnu (instrumental singular)
Saturnā (locative singular)
Saturn (singular vocative)

From Latin Saturnus, probably of Etruscan origin, plausibly influenced by Latin satus, past participle of serere (“to sow”).

(Roman mythology) Saturn (the Roman god of agriculture, wealth, and time)


Urāns

Urāns (nominative singular)
Urānu (accusative singular)
Urāna (genitive singular)
Urānam (dative singular)
Urānu (instrumental singular)
Urānā (locative singular)
Urān (singular vocative)

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós, “Uranus (the god)”), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).

uder

(Greek mythology) Uranus (the god of the sky and heavens, son and husband to Gaia, with whom he fathered the Titans and the cyclops)


aizsaule

aizsaule (nominative singular)
aizsauli (accusative singular)
aizsaules (genitive singular)
aizsaulei (dative singular)
aizsauli (instrumental singular)
aizsaulē (locative singular)
aizsaule (singular vocative)

From aiz- (“behind; beyond”) + saule (“sun, world”).

prefix

aiziet aizsaulē

(mythology) beyond, underworld (the subterranean realm of the dead)


ūdensvīrs

ūdensvīrs (nominative singular)
ūdensvīri (nominative plural)
ūdensvīru (accusative singular)
ūdensvīrus (accusative plural)
ūdensvīra (genitive singular)
ūdensvīru (genitive plural)
ūdensvīram (dative singular)
ūdensvīriem (dative plural)
ūdensvīru (instrumental singular)
ūdensvīriem (instrumental plural)
ūdensvīrā (locative singular)
ūdensvīros (locative plural)
ūdensvīr (singular vocative)
ūdensvīri (plural vocative)

par akaci stāstīja pasakas: viņā dzīvojot zaļbārdains ūdensvīrs vai pat velns

about the marsh pool, folk tales said: in it, presumably, a green-bearded merman or water spirit lives, or even a devil

(mythology) merman; water spirit in male form


dievība

dievība (nominative singular)
dievības (nominative plural)
dievību (accusative singular)
dievības (accusative plural)
dievības (genitive singular)
dievību (genitive plural)
dievībai (dative singular)
dievībām (dative plural)
dievību (instrumental singular)
dievībām (instrumental plural)
dievībā (locative singular)
dievībās (locative plural)
dievība (singular vocative)
dievības (plural vocative)

Seno latviešu reliģijā galvenā vieta ierādīta dzīvības un auglības dievībām un gariem, kas ietekmē visdažādākos dabas spēkus un parādības, kā arī cilvēku darbības nozares

in ancient Latvian religion, the main place was given to the deities and spirits of life and fertility, who affect a variety of natural forces and phenomena, as well as branches of human activity

(mythology) deity (mythological being, usually one of several gods in polytheistic religions)


dieve

lv-noun

dieve f (5th declension, masculine form: dievs)

dievs (masculine)
dieve (nominative singular)
dieves (nominative plural)
dievi (accusative singular)
dieves (accusative plural)
dieves (genitive singular)
dievju (genitive plural)
dievei (dative singular)
dievēm (dative plural)
dievi (instrumental singular)
dievēm (instrumental plural)
dievē (locative singular)
dievēs (locative plural)
dieve (singular vocative)
dieves (plural vocative)

vai tu vēl dieves vārdus atminies?

do you still remember the words of the goddess?


dieviete

dieviete f (5th declension, masculine form: dievs)

dievs (masculine)
dieviete (nominative singular)
dievietes (nominative plural)
dievieti (accusative singular)
dievietes (accusative plural)
dievietes (genitive singular)
dieviešu (genitive plural)
dievietei (dative singular)
dievietēm (dative plural)
dievieti (instrumental singular)
dievietēm (instrumental plural)
dievietē (locative singular)
dievietēs (locative plural)
dieviete (singular vocative)
dievietes (plural vocative)

Venera ir romiešu dieviete

grieķu leģenda stāsta, ka auglības un zemes dievietei Dēmetrai bijusi jauna, skaista meita Persefone

a Greek legend tells that the goddess of earth and fertility, Demeter, had a young, beautiful daughter, Persephone

kardināla pils frontons parādījās, koķeti izslējies ar savām pagānisko dievu un dieviešu statujām

the pediment of the Cardinal's palace showed itself, towering playfully with its statues of pagan gods and goddessess


velns

velns (nominative singular)
velni (nominative plural)
velnu (accusative singular)
velnus (accusative plural)
velna (genitive singular)
velnu (genitive plural)
velnam (dative singular)
velniem (dative plural)
velnu (instrumental singular)
velniem (instrumental plural)
velnā (locative singular)
velnos (locative plural)
veln (singular vocative)
velni (plural vocative)

From the same stem as velis (“dead (one)”) q.v.), with an extra n, perhaps under the influence of melns (“black”) (cf. expressions like melns kā velns “black like the devil,” i.e., very bad), or maybe from a derivational suffix (cf. Lithuanian vẽlinas > *velʲnas > vélnias). Cognates include Lithuanian vélnias, dialectal véls.

velns ir dievība latviešu un lietuviešu mitoloģijā, kas pārvalda tumšo un ļauno

the devil (velns) is a deity in Latvian and Lithuanian mythology that governs the dark and the evil

(mythology) devil (in Latvian mythology, the ruler of the underworld where the souls of the dead go after death)

purva velns

velna nedarbs

dzirnavās naktī bija dzīres: velni dejoja ar raganām

at night, at the mill, there was a feast: devils danced with witches

“lieta pavisam vienkārša: purvā dzīvojot velns...” “un ko šis te darot?” “sargot bagātības, lai citi velni tās nenozog...”

“the matter (is) very simple: in the swamp there lives a devil” “and what does he do there?” “he protects (his) riches, so that other devils don't steal them”

(mythology) devil, demon, evil spirit (supernatural creature that does evil deeds)


velnēns

velnēns (nominative singular)
velnēni (nominative plural)
velnēnu (accusative singular)
velnēnus (accusative plural)
velnēna (genitive singular)
velnēnu (genitive plural)
velnēnam (dative singular)
velnēniem (dative plural)
velnēnu (instrumental singular)
velnēniem (instrumental plural)
velnēnā (locative singular)
velnēnos (locative plural)
velnēn (singular vocative)
velnēni (plural vocative)

viens no mazajiem velnēniem iečukst vecajam, ka ellē vairs neesot naudas

one of the smaller young demons whispered to the old one that there isn't money in hell

(mythology) young, not fully grown devil, demon


upuris

upuris (nominative singular)
upuri (nominative plural)
upuri (accusative singular)
upurus (accusative plural)
upura (genitive singular)
upuru (genitive plural)
upurim (dative singular)
upuriem (dative plural)
upuri (instrumental singular)
upuriem (instrumental plural)
upurī (locative singular)
upuros (locative plural)
upuri (singular vocative)
upuri (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle Dutch upper, or from Middle High German opper (cf. German Opfer), itself a borrowing from Latin operārī (“to try, to strive for; to offer, to sacrifice”). This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.

uder

upura kalns

upura jērs

bet Dievs upuri nav pieņēmis

(religion, mythology) offering, sacrifice (object or living being offered to a god or gods in a religious ritual so as to satisfy them or win their favor)


ticēt

head

ticēt (intransitive + dative, 3rd conjugation, present ticu, tici, tic, past ticēju)

conjugation (third-person)
ticu (present)
tici (present)
tic (present)
ticēju (past)
ticu (first-person indicative present singular)
ticēju (first-person indicative past singular)
ticēšu (first-person future indicative singular)
tici (indicative present second-person singular)
ticēji (indicative past second-person singular)
ticēsi (future indicative second-person singular)
tici (imperative second-person singular)
tic (indicative present singular third-person)
ticēja (indicative past singular third-person)
ticēs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai tic (imperative singular third-person)
ticam (first-person indicative plural present)
ticējām (first-person indicative past plural)
ticēsim (first-person future indicative plural)
ticēsim (first-person imperative plural)
ticat (indicative plural present second-person)
ticējāt (indicative past plural second-person)
ticēsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
ticēsit (future indicative plural second-person)
ticiet (imperative plural second-person)
tic (indicative plural present third-person)
ticēja (indicative past plural third-person)
ticēs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai tic (imperative plural third-person)
ticot (present renarrative)
ticošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot ticējis (past renarrative)
ticēdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
ticēšot (future renarrative)
ticot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai ticot (imperative)
ticam (active participle participle-4 present)
ticējis (active participle past)
ticētu (conditional present)
ticams (participle passive present)
būtu ticējis (conditional past)
ticēts (participle passive past)
jātic (debitive indicative)
būt jātic (debitive indicative)
ticēt (infinitive)
esot jātic (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
neticēt (infinitive negative)
jāticot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
ticēšana (noun-from-verb)

Originally from the verb tikt, now “to arrive, to reach, to get,” but previously “to be adequate, appropriate, to suit,” ticēt was apparently at first a (transitive) iterative form, or maybe a new verb derived via the adjective ticīgs now “believing” but previously “appropriate, adequate.” The meaning evolved from “(to be) adequate, appropriate” to “(to be) reliable; to see as reliable, to trust” and finally “to believe.” Cognates include Lithuanian tikė́ti.

ticēt dievam

ticēt liktenim

ticēt pārdabiskiem spēkiem

mans tēvs tic ļaunai acij

ticēt Dievam nozīmē iegūt pieredzi par vēl kādu realitāti mūsos, saskaņā ar kuru savā dzīvē iegūstam līdzsvaru, mieru un dzīves jēgas izpratni

to believe in God means to acquire experience with another reality in us, whereby we obtain a balance in our lives, peace, and an understanding of the meaning of life

(religion, mythology) to believe (to accept, to have faith in the existence and power of a god or gods, supernatural beings or forces)


milzis

lv-noun

milzis m (2nd declension, feminine form: milze)

milze (feminine)
milzis (nominative singular)
milži (nominative plural)
milzi (accusative singular)
milžus (accusative plural)
milža (genitive singular)
milžu (genitive plural)
milzim (dative singular)
milžiem (dative plural)
milzi (instrumental singular)
milžiem (instrumental plural)
milzī (locative singular)
milžos (locative plural)
milzi (singular vocative)
milži (plural vocative)

rūķis

antonym(s) of “of "large mythical being"”

Derived from the verb milzt (“to swell, to grow, to increase”), present tense melzu, from Proto-Baltic *melž-, *milž-, from Proto-Indo-European *melǵʰ, *ml̥ǵʰ-, from a stem *mel- (“big, strong”), whence also Latvian dialectal milns (“many, much, a lot”), Ancient Greek μάλα (mála, “very, a lot”), perhaps Latin melior (“better”). Cognates include Lithuanian mil̃žinas.

cog

ļauns milzis

milža spēks

milžu cīņa

milzis skatījās uz puiku kā suns uz skudru, kura rāpo viņam starp izstieptām ķepām

the giant looked at the boy like a dog at an ant that crawls between his outstretched legs

(folklore, mythology) giant (very large, supernaturally strong being)


gigants

gigants (nominative singular)
giganti (nominative plural)
gigantu (accusative singular)
gigantus (accusative plural)
giganta (genitive singular)
gigantu (genitive plural)
gigantam (dative singular)
gigantiem (dative plural)
gigantu (instrumental singular)
gigantiem (instrumental plural)
gigantā (locative singular)
gigantos (locative plural)
gigant (singular vocative)
giganti (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”), genitive form γιγάντος (gigántos), the name of a mythical race of large human-like beings. The word was apparently taken into Ancient Greek from a non-Indo-European pre-Greek language.

(Greek mythology) giant (member of a race of enormous beings, the children of Gaia and Uranus)


Zevs

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).


Atēna

Atēna (nominative singular)
Atēnu (accusative singular)
Atēnas (genitive singular)
Atēnai (dative singular)
Atēnu (instrumental singular)
Atēnā (locative singular)
Atēna (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).


Hēra

Hēra (nominative singular)
Hēru (accusative singular)
Hēras (genitive singular)
Hērai (dative singular)
Hēru (instrumental singular)
Hērā (locative singular)
Hēra (singular vocative)