Jālgab

Etymology
Latvian proper noun and 17th century countable noun  (later replaced by ) are popularly believed to be a borrowing from Livonian. Karulis, however, thinks that this word doesn't have a plausible Finnic etymology and suggests it being a borrowing from, in Latvian ultimately from whence also , dialectal meanings of ,. The name of Jelgava could also be related to dialectal or the noun.

Karulis' version, however, raises questions as Jelgava has been historically called and  in Latvian and German respectively (according to Karulis himself of Baltic stock, cognate with the verb ). (Kersti Boiko also tangentially mentions as an earlier name for Jelgava.) Suggesting Livonian borrowing from Latvian a term that perhaps was not even used in Latvian at that time is anachronistic.

Proper noun

 * Jālgab – Jelgava – Jelgava
 * Jelgava – Jelgava – Jelgava
 * Jālgab – Jelgava – Jelgava
 * Jelgava – Jelgava – Jelgava

Usage notes
gives type 156 for this word. This type in singular is identical to type 157 but has vowel shift in plural, since Jālgab is an uncountable proper noun such plural vowel shift is unknowable and perhaps this is an error, thus type 157 is indicated in this entry.

The countable noun version has type 159 indicated which too is almost identical to type 157 except for short locatives (a common variation), the declension table in this entry gives both short and long locatives.