"zinātnieks" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

Etymology: From zināt (“to know”) + -nieks. This word existed before zinātne (“science”); it originally meant “person with experience, knowledge,” “knowledgeable person.” It was first used in the modern sense (“scientist”) by J. Alunāns (dabas zinātnieks “natural scientist” in 1860; compare also valodas zinātnieks “language scientist”, used by K. Valdemārs as a synonym of lingvists). It is possible that this usage of zinātnieks influenced A. Kronvalds to coin the word zinātne. Etymology templates: {{suffix|lv|zināt|nieks|gloss1=to know}} zināt (“to know”) + -nieks, {{m|lv|zinātne||science}} zinātne (“science”), {{m|lv|lingvists}} lingvists, {{m|lv|zinātnieks}} zinātnieks, {{m|lv|zinātne}} zinātne Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} zinātnieks m, {{lv-noun|m|1st|fem=zinātniece}} zinātnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: zinātniece) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|zinātniek|s|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|zinātniek|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|zinātnieks|zinātnieki|zinātnieku|zinātniekus|zinātnieka|zinātnieku|zinātniekam|zinātniekiem|zinātnieku|zinātniekiem|zinātniekā|zinātniekos|zinātniek|zinātnieki|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: zinātniece [feminine], declension-1 [table-tags], zinātnieks [nominative, singular], zinātnieki [nominative, plural], zinātnieku [accusative, singular], zinātniekus [accusative, plural], zinātnieka [genitive, singular], zinātnieku [genitive, plural], zinātniekam [dative, singular], zinātniekiem [dative, plural], zinātnieku [instrumental, singular], zinātniekiem [instrumental, plural], zinātniekā [locative, singular], zinātniekos [locative, plural], zinātniek [singular, vocative], zinātnieki [plural, vocative]
  1. (male) scientist, scholar (highly qualified specialist doing research work in some branch of science) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations, Scientists Related terms: zinātne, zinātnisks

Inflected forms

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