nāve

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See also:nave,näve,andnāvē

Latvian

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Nāve

Alternative forms

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  • (dialectal)nāvs(6th decl.)

Etymology

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Originally ani-stem (*nāvis;compare dialectalnāvs) changed by analogy into a 5th-declensione-stem; fromProto-Balto-Slavic*nā́ˀwis,fromProto-Indo-European*neh₂wis,from the stem*neh₂w-(death).There is also a stem*néh₂us(boat, ship)(compareLatinnavis,Ancient Greekναῦς(naûs),Sanskritनाव(nāva),Proto-Scythian*nā́w(boat, ship),Tajikнов(nov,gutter),Norwegian Bokmålnu(hod, trough).It is possible that these two*neh₂w-'s were originally one stem, with the meaning “timber, tree” (compareSanskritवन(vana,timber, tree, forest),apparently withmetathesisofvandn), from which the meaning would change in two ways: on the one hand, “timber, tree” > “dug-out tree” > “boat, ship”, and, on the other hand, “timber, tree” > “tree stump, dead tree” > “dead body; death.”

Cognates includeLithuaniannõvis(death),nõvė(slaughtering, killing; unknown disease; yoke; coercion),Old Prussiannowis(body, flesh),Russiandialectalнавей(navej),навь(navʹ),навье(navʹje,corpse, dead body),Czecharchaicnav(tomb, hell, beyond),Gothic𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃(naus,dead body, corpse),genitive𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃(nawis),Bretonnaoun(hunger)(<Proto-Celtic*nāunyā).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nāvef(5th declension)

  1. death(the end of life, of a lifetime)
    dzīvības unnāvesjautājumsa question of life anddeath
    atra, drīzanāveearlydeath
    vieglanāveeasydeath
    mokpilnanāvetorturousdeath
    dabiska, pēkšņanāvenatural, suddendeath
    klīniskanāveclinicaldeath
    badanāvehungerdeath(= starvation)
    nāvesdiena, brīdisday, time ofdeath
    sodīt arnāvito punish withdeath
    piespriestnāvito sentence todeath
    nāvessods,nāvessods —deathpenalty
    izglābties no (drošas)nāvesto escape (certain)death
    mirt varoņanāveto die a hero'sdeath
    mirt traģiskānāvēto die a tragicdeath
    līdznāveito thedeath,tilldeath
    dzīvības unnāvesdialektiskā vienībathe dialectical unity of life anddeath
    galvenienāvescēloņi ir asinsrites orgānu slimības, ļaundabīgie audzēji un nelaimes gadījumithe main causes ofdeathare circulatory system diseases, cancers and accidents

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Karulis, Konstantīns(1992) “nāve”,inLatviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1](in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS,→ISBN

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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nāvef

  1. vocativesingularofnāvā(boat)