Noun: pasīvs
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | pasīvs |
| Accusative | pasīvu |
| Genitive | pasīva |
| Dative | pasīvam |
| Instrumental | pasīvu |
| Locative | pasīvā |
| Vocative | pasīv |
Plural
| Nominative | pasīvi |
| Accusative | pasīvus |
| Genitive | pasīvu |
| Dative | pasīviem |
| Instrumental | pasīviem |
| Locative | pasīvos |
| Vocative | pasīvi |
Sample Sentences
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ir sava grāmatvedība, kur sakrājas visi pasīvi un aktīvi ((it) has its own accounting, in which are gathered all liabilities and assets)
Nouns inflected like pasīvs
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin passivus, probably via some other European language, adapted to fit Latvian patterns ( + -īvs). See: Latin Nouns '
passivus'.
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