From theal- stem ofalszik(“to sleep”) +-va(adverbial-participle suffix).
alva
FromProto-Baltic*alu-ā-,*alwā-, from a derived form*al-əu-,*al-u- ofProto-Indo-European*al-(“to shine, to light”).
Cognates includeLithuanianálvas,ãlavas,Old Prussianalwis(“lead”),Old Church Slavonicолово(olovo,“lead”),Russian andUkrainianолово(olovo,“tin”),Bulgarianолово(olovo,“lead”),Czecholovo(“lead”),Polishołów(“lead”), and, from a different derived form of*al-,Ancient Greekἀλφός(alphós,“white rash”),Latinalbus(“dull white”).[1]
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alva f (4th declension)
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | alva | — |
| genitive | alvas | — |
| dative | alvai | — |
| accusative | alvu | — |
| instrumental | alvu | — |
| locative | alvā | — |
| vocative | alva | — |
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
alva
| Evena-stem,lv-lvv gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | alva | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | alvva | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | alva | alvvat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | alvva | alvvaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | alvva | alvvaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | alvii | alvvaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | alvvas | alvvain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | alvvain | alvvaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | alvan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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FromVulgar Latin*alba, the feminine ofalbus(“white”).
FromOld Galician-Portuguesealva, fromVulgar Latin*alba, from the feminine of Classical Latinalbus(“white”).Doublet ofalba. Cognate withGalicianalba.
alva
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