[ɡɾīːva]
CilmeFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *grī́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHwéh₂.
- declension-4, feminineestuary, mouth (the place at which a river reaches the sea)
“padziļināt upes grīvu” — to deepen the river's estuary
“pie Daugavas grīvas bija pārāk daudz zvejnieku” — at the mouth of the Daugava there were too many fishermen
Formasgrīva(nominative, singular) · grīvas(nominative, plural) · grīvas(genitive, singular) · grīvu(genitive, plural) · grīvai(dative, singular) · grīvām(dative, plural) · grīvu(accusative, singular) · grīvas(accusative, plural) · grīvu(instrumental, singular) · grīvām(instrumental, plural) · grīvā(locative, singular) · grīvās(locative, plural) · grīva(singular, vocative) · grīvas(plural, vocative)