lietavas

See also: lietavās

Latvian

Etymology

From lietus (“rain”) +‎ -ava.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lietavas f pl (4th declension)

1. rains, long, incessant rain; rainy period,

   lietavu laiks ― rainy period

   rudens lietavas ― autumn rains

   apmēram 200 tūkstoši meksikāņu spiesti pamest savus mājokļus, lai glābtos no plūdiem... tos izraisījušas lietavas, kas ilga visu pagājušo nedēļu ― about 200 thousand Mexicans were forced to flee their homes to save themselves from the flood... caused by incessant rains that had lasted the whole preceding week

Usage notes

There is a singular form lietava, only sporadically attested.

Declension

Declension of lietavas (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	—	lietavas
genitive	—	lietavu
dative	—	lietavām
accusative	—	lietavas
instrumental	—	lietavām
locative	—	lietavās
vocative	—	lietavas

Related terms

• lietus, lietains
• līt, liet