tievs

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tenˀwas, from an old Proto-Indo-European u-stem noun *ténh₂us to which secondary adjectival endings were added (*tenh₂-u-os), from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- (“to stretch, to pull, to strain”) (whence also tīt (“to wind, to coil, to wrap”), q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian tévas (“slender, thin, delicate”), Proto-Slavic *tьnъ (Old Church Slavonic тьнъкъ (tĭnŭkŭ), Russian то́нкий (tónkij), Ukrainian то́нкий (tónkyj, “thin, delicate”), Bulgarian тъ́нък (tǎ́nǎk, “slender, thin, delicate, light”), Czech tenký (“thin, delicate”), Polish cienki (“thin, fluid”), Upper Sorbian čeńki (“thin, weak”)), Old High German thunni, dunni (“slender, thin”), German dünn, English thin, Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “slender, thin, small, weak”), Latin tenuis (“slender, thin, narrow, delicate, simple”), Ossetian тӕн (tæn, “slender, thin”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [tiêws]

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tievs (definite tievais, comparative tievāks, superlative vistievākais, adverb tievi)

1. (of cylindrical objects) thin (having a relatively small cross-section)

   tievs zīmulis, vads ― thin pencil, pipe

   tieva caurule, aukla ― thin tube, string

   tievs kakls ― thin neck

   tievi zari, koki ― thin branches, trees

   tievā zarna ― small (lit. thin) intestine

2. (of people and animals, their body parts) thin, slim, slender (having relatively small size and low weight)

   tieva meitene ― thin girl

   tievs viduklis ― thin waist

   tievas kājas, rokas ― thin legs, arms

   tievs ka lapsene ― thin as a wasp

3. (of voices) high-pitched

   balstiņa dusmās divreiz tievāka kā parasti ― (his) little voice in anger (was) twice as thin as usual

• (of people): slaids, slaiks
• (of leaf- or wall-like objects): plāns

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