piens

Ladin

Adjective

piens m pl

1. plural of pien

Latvian

Piens

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *pā́ˀinas, from Proto-Indo-European *peynos, *poyHnos, from the stem *peyh₂- (“to be fat”) (perhaps from earlier “to swell”). The meaning evolved from “fat, swollen” to “(breasts) full of milk” and finally “milk”. There was an old Proto-Baltic verb *pīti (“to give milk”), from which comes dialectal Lithuanian pýti (“to give milk”); the corresponding Latvian term disappeared, perhaps because of homophony with pīt (“to braid, to weave”). Cognates include Lithuanian píenas (“milk”), Sanskrit पयते (páyate, “to swell, to be too full”), पयस् (páyas, “fluid, water, milk, rain”), Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬞𐬌𐬌𐬏𐬱𐬌- (pipiiūši-, “having milk in her breasts”), Persian پینو (pinu, “buttermilk”), Middle Persian pēm (“milk”), Latin opīmus (“fat, plump; fruitful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pīɛ̄ns]

Noun

piens m (1st declension)

1. milk (nourishing liquid secreted by mammal females)

   mātes piens, krūts piens ― mother's milk, breast milk

   piena dziedzeri ― mammary (lit. milk) glands

   govs, kazas, ķēves piens ― cow's, goat's, horse's milk

   piena ēdieni, produkti ― dairy foods, products

   piena kokteilis ― milk shake (lit. milk cocktail)

   piena saldējums ― ice-cream (lit. frozen milk)

   kafija ar pienu ― coffee with milk

   pasterizēts piens ― pasteurized milk

   kondensēts piens ― condensed milk

Declension

Declension of piens (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	piens	pieni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pienu	pienus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	piena	pienu
dative (datīvs)	pienam	pieniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pienu	pieniem
locative (lokatīvs)	pienā	pienos
vocative (vokatīvs)	pien	pieni