spilvens

See also: spilvēns

Latvian

Spilveni

From spilve (“cottongrass”) +‎ -ens (ultimately from the same stem as spalva), apparently because pillows were made with it.^[1]

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spilvens m (1st declension)

pillow, cushion (soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort)
spalvu, dūnu spilvens ― feather pillow

vates spilvens ― cotton pillow

dīvāna spilvens ― couch cushion

spilvena pārvalks ― pillow case

nolikt galvu uz spilvena ― to lay one's head on a pillow
something used as a pillow
es esmu aizmidzis saldi pļavas sūnu mīkstajā spilvenā ― I fell asleep on the pillow of sweet, soft meadow moss
something similar to a pillow or cushion, used for various purposes, e.g. friction or impact reduction, etc.
smilšu spilvens ― sand bag

sēdekļa spilvens ― seat cushion

gaisa spilvens ― air bag

skābekļa spilvens ― oxygen bag
(anatomy) a soft, usually relatively thick, formation in an organism
talku spilvens ― cushion of fat

Declension of spilvens (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	spilvens	spilveni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	spilvenu	spilvenus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	spilvena	spilvenu
dative (datīvs)	spilvenam	spilveniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	spilvenu	spilveniem
locative (lokatīvs)	spilvenā	spilvenos
vocative (vokatīvs)	spilven	spilveni

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “spilvens”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN