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svins
svins
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *šwin-as-, from a very old borrowing into Indo-European, probably borrowed at the same time as the word for “iron”. It was probably influenced or contaminated by Hittite šiniti (“copper”), and by Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷei- (“to shine, white, light”) (> Proto-Baltic *šwei-, *šwi-). Cognates include Lithuanian švìnas, Old East Slavic свиньць (svinĭcĭ) (Russian свинец (svinéts)); the word is also probably related to Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos, “bluish metal”), from Hittite kuwannan- (“precious stone, copper, blue”).[1]
Noun
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Pb | Previous: tallijs (Tl) |
| Next: bismuts (Bi) | |
svins m (1st declension)
- lead (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 82.)
- svina rūda ― lead ore
- svina savienojumi, oksīdi ― lead compounds, oxides
- svina stikls ― lead glass
- svina akumulators ― lead battery
- svina caurule, stienis ― lead pipe, bar
- kausēt svinu ― to melt lead
- smags kā svins ― heavy as lead
Declension
Declension of svins (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | svins | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | svinu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | svina | — |
| dative (datīvs) | svinam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | svinu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | svinā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | svin | — |
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “svins”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7