Noun: dievs
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Gender:
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Singular
| Nominative | dievs |
| Accusative | dievu |
| Genitive | dieva |
| Dative | dievam |
| Instrumental | dievu |
| Locative | dievā |
| Vocative | dievs |
Plural
| Nominative | dievi |
| Accusative | dievus |
| Genitive | dievu |
| Dative | dieviem |
| Instrumental | dieviem |
| Locative | dievos |
| Vocative | dievi |
Sample Sentences
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lūgt dievu (to pray to god)
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ticēt dievam (to believe in god)
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dieva kalps (servant of god (i.e., a preacher))
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dieva tiesa (god's judgment)
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dievs (pa)sargi! pasargi dievs! lai dievs (pa)sarga! (god forbid!)
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mīļais dievs! mans dievs! (dear god! my god!)
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reliģijai raksturīgs uzskats, ka pasauli radījis dievs ((it) is a characteristic belief of religion that god created the world)
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dieva valstība (kingdom of god (literally "state of god"; karaliste, the word for kingdom, is not used in the Latvian Bible))
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seno grieķu dievi (ancient Greek gods)
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romiešu dievi (Roman gods)
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pagāniskie dievi (pagan gods)
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kara dievs (the god of war)
Nouns inflected like dievs
vēders,
akvārijs,
ziloņkauls,
iekaisums,
šāvējs,
ģitārists,
ābols,
dievs,
ezers,
tārps,
omārs,
bērns,
kakls,
kalns,
kauls,
putns,
zieds,
gājiens,
grāmatsējējs,
deguns, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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”.
Verbs referencing "dievs"
Latin Nouns
deus.
Translations