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dievs

dievs

Latvian

Dievs (1)
Seno grieķu dievi (2)

Noun

dievs m (1st declension, feminine form: dieviete or dieve)

  1. (theology, Christianity, often capitalized) god (supernatural being that created the world)
    lūgt dievu‎ ― to pray to god
    ticēt dievam‎ ― to believe in god
    dieva kalps‎ ― servant of god (i.e., a preacher)
    dieva tiesa‎ ― god's judgment
    dievs (pa)sargi! pasargi dievs! lai dievs (pa)sarga!‎ ― god forbid!
    mīļais dievs! mans dievs!‎ ― dear god! my god!
    reliģijai raksturīgs uzskats, ka pasauli radījis dievs‎ ― (it) is a characteristic belief of religion that god created the world
  2. (mythology) god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship)
    seno grieķu dievi‎ ― ancient Greek gods
    romiešu dievi‎ ― Roman gods
    pagāniskie dievi‎ ― pagan gods
    kara dievs‎ ― the god of war

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References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “dievs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwas, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, from the stem *dey-, *dī-, *di- ‎(“to shine brightly”), with an extra (w)o-s. The original meaning was probably “light,” from which “sky” (via “bright one”, “shining one”) (a meaning still found in Balto-Finnic borrowings like Finnish taivas ‎(“sky”), Estonian taevas ‎(“sky”)), whence also “god” (compare Veps taivaz ‎(“sky”), but taiwaliine ‎(“god”) < “celestial”). Cognates include Lithuanian diẽvas, Old Prussian deiwas, deiws, deywis, Old Church Slavonic дивъ ‎(divŭ), Russian dialectal див ‎(div, “wonder, miracle”), Upper Sorbian dzíw, Polish dziw, Proto-Germanic *teiwaz, *tīwaz ‎(“god of war”) (Old High German Zīo, Old English Tīw, Old Norse Týr), Sanskrit देवः ‎(deváḥ), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 ‎(daēva, “demon, devil”), Scythian sakdeos ‎(“deer demon”) (< Proto-Iranian *sāka-daiva), Latin deus (< *deivos).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dìɛws]

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