cirvis

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirw(i)os, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

cirvis m (2nd declension)

1. axe

Declension

Declension of cirvis (2nd)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	cirvis	cirvji
genitive	cirvja	cirvju
dative	cirvim	cirvjiem
accusative	cirvi	cirvjus
instrumental	cirvi	cirvjiem
locative	cirvī	cirvjos
vocative	cirvi	cirvji

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47