labība

From labs (“good”) +‎ -ība. The original meaning of labība was 'property', 'riches', until the early 17th century. Cognate with Lithuanian regionalism labýba (“property, riches”). Compare the same semantic evolution in Lithuanian gėrỹba (“property, cereals”), from Lithuanian gẽras (“good”), and in Polish zboże (“cereal, grain”), previously "property, riches". [1]

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labība f (4th declension)

1. cereal (kind of grass cultivated for its edible grains)

   labības kombains ― cereal harvester

   labību kaitēkļi ― cereal, grain pests

   pļaut labību ― to mow cereals

2. (chiefly in the singular) cereal, grain (the grains of cereal plants)

   nosvērt labību ― to weigh the grain

   iztīrīt labību ― to clean the grain

   labības glabātava ― cereal storage facility

• labības mēnesis

• graudi