dievs

See also: Dievs

Latvian

Dievs (1)
Seno grieķu dievi (2)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwas, 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”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dìɛws]
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Noun

dievs m (1st declension, feminine form: dieviete or dieve)

  1. (theology, Christianity, often capitalized) god (supernatural being that created the world)
    lūgt dievuto pray to god
    ticēt dievamto believe in god
    dieva kalpsservant of god (i.e., a preacher)
    dieva tiesagod's judgment
    dievs (pa)sargi! pasargi dievs! lai dievs (pa)sarga!god forbid!
    mīļais dievs! mans dievs!dear god! my god!
    reliģijai raksturīgs uzskats, ka pasauli radījis dievs(it) is a characteristic belief of religion that god created the world
    dieva valstībakingdom of god (literally "state of god"; karaliste, the word for kingdom, is not used in the Latvian Bible)
  2. (mythology) god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship)
    seno grieķu dieviancient Greek gods
    romiešu dieviRoman gods
    pagāniskie dievipagan gods
    kara dievsthe god of war

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dievs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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