govs

See also: GOVs and Govs.

English

Noun

govs

1. plural of gov

Latvian

Govs

Etymology

From earlier Latvian *gùovis, from Eastern Proto-Baltic *guowis (an i-stem), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gaw- ~ *gōw-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”).

Cognates include Hittite [script needed] (guwau-), Old Armenian կով (kov), Proto-Slavic *govędo (“cattle”) (Russian говя́дина (govjádina, “beef”), dialectal говя́до (govjádo, “cattle, beef, butter”), Belarusian гавя́да (havjáda, “domestic animal”), Bulgarian говедо (govedo, “cow, cattle”), Czech hovado (“cow, cattle”)), Old High German chuo (German Kuh, Dutch koe, English cow, Swedish ko, Icelandic kýr), Proto-Celtic *bow- (Old Irish bó, Irish bó, Scottish Gaelic bò, Middle Welsh bu) Latin bōs, bōvis (“ox, cattle”), dialectal vos (Italian bove, bue, French bœuf, Romanian bou, Spanish buey, Portuguese boi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡùows]

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Noun

govs f (6th declension)

1. cattle (bovines in general, syn. liellops)

   govju ferma ― cow farm, cattle ranch

   govju ēdināšana ― the feeding of the cattle

2. cow (specifically female)

   piena govs ― milk cow, dairy cow

   slaukt govis ― to milk the cows

   govs stāv ciet, ir ciet ― the cow stands, is closed (= does not give milk, before calving)

Declension

Declension of govs (6th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	govs	govis
accusative (akuzatīvs)	govi	govis
genitive (ģenitīvs)	govs	govju
dative (datīvs)	govij	govīm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	govi	govīm
locative (lokatīvs)	govī	govīs
vocative (vokatīvs)	govs	govis

See also

• liellops
• bullis
• vērsis
• teļš, tele, telēns