dievs

 dievs on Latvian Wikipedia

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. The original meaning was probably “light,” from which “sky” (via “bright one”, “shining one”) (a meaning still found in Proto-Finnic *taivas), whence also “god”.^[1]

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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

   dieva valstība ― kingdom of god (literally "state of god"; karaliste, the word for kingdom, is not used in the Latvian Bible)

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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