dievas

See also: Dievas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Pre-Lithuanian *dēvas, from Proto-Baltic *deiṷas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwás (compare Latvian dievs, Old Prussian Deiwas), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognate to English Tiw, Latin deus, Irish dia, Breton doue, Welsh duw, Persian دیو, Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw) Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua), Sogdian 𐼹𐼷𐼴 (δyw), Sanskrit देव (devá), Finnish taivas and Aramaic דיוא.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ͡ə.ʋɐs/

Noun

diẽvas m (plural dievai̇̃, feminine dei̇̃vė) stress pattern 4

1. (religion, mythology) a god

Declension

Declension of diẽvas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	diẽvas	dievai̇̃
genitive (kilmininkas)	diẽvo	dievų̃
dative (naudininkas)	diẽvui	dieváms
accusative (galininkas)	diẽvą	dievùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	dievù	dievai̇̃s
locative (vietininkas)	dievè	dievuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	diẽve	dievai̇̃

Derived terms

Words derived from dievas

• bedievis
• diemedis
• dievagotis
• dievaitis
• Dievaži
• dievažytis
• dievinti
• dieviškas
• dievybė
• dievobaimingas
• dievotas
• dievulis
• sudieu, sudie

See also

• Dievas

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tievδës, *tievës.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtie̯vas/

Adjective

dievas (comparative dievvasit, superlative dievvaseamọs)

1. full
2. complete

Declension

Odd, vv-v gradation
Attributive	dievas
Nominative	dievas
Genitive	dievvasa
Attributive	dievas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dievas	dievvasat
Accusative	dievvasa	dievvasiid
Genitive	dievvasa	dievvasiid
Illative	dievvasii	dievvasiidda
Locative	dievvasis	dievvasiin
Comitative	dievvasiin	dievvasiiguin
Essive	dievasin

Derived terms

• dievasmahttit

Related terms

• dievvat

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland