lietavas
See also: lietavās
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]lietavas f pl (4th declension)
- 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
[edit]There is a singular form lietava, only sporadically attested.
Declension
[edit]Declension of lietavas (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | — | lietavas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | lietavas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | lietavu |
| dative (datīvs) | — | lietavām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | lietavām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | — | lietavās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | lietavas |