tāvs

See also: tavs and tävs

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *tewas. Cognates include Latvian tēvs and Lithuanian tėvas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtàːws]
Hyphenation: tāvs

Noun

tāvs m

father

Declension

Declension of tāvs (type 1 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	tāvs	tāvi
genitive	tāva	tāvu
dative	tāvam	tāvim
accusative	tāvu	tāvus
instrumental	tāvu	tāvim
locative	tāvā	tāvūs
vocative	tāv	tāvi

Synonyms

(colloquial) tēte

Coordinate terms

muote (“mother”)

References

A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 65

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