avots

Latvian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Livonian ovāt (spring, hole in the ice), related to Finnish avanto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈavūɔ̯̄t͡s]

Noun

avõts m (1st declension)

  1. spring (water source)
  2. source
  3. channel

Declension

Declension of avots (1st)
singular
(vienskaitlis)
plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative avots avoti
genitive avota avotu
dative avotam avotiem
accusative avotu avotus
instrumental avotu avotiem
locative avotā avotos
vocative avot avoti