banka

banka (nominative singular)
bankas (nominative plural)
bankas (genitive singular)
banku (genitive plural)
bankai (dative singular)
bankām (dative plural)
banku (accusative singular)
bankas (accusative plural)
banku (instrumental singular)
bankām (instrumental plural)
bankā (locative singular)
bankās (locative plural)
banka (singular vocative)
bankas (plural vocative)

nauda bankā

bankas konts

policija ķēra laupītājus bankas


pagoda

pagoda (nominative singular)
pagodas (nominative plural)
pagodas (genitive singular)
pagodu (genitive plural)
pagodai (dative singular)
pagodām (dative plural)
pagodu (accusative singular)
pagodas (accusative plural)
pagodu (instrumental singular)
pagodām (instrumental plural)
pagodā (locative singular)
pagodās (locative plural)
pagoda (singular vocative)
pagodas (plural vocative)


skola

skola (nominative singular)
skolas (nominative plural)
skolas (genitive singular)
skolu (genitive plural)
skolai (dative singular)
skolām (dative plural)
skolu (accusative singular)
skolas (accusative plural)
skolu (instrumental singular)
skolām (instrumental plural)
skolā (locative singular)
skolās (locative plural)
skola (singular vocative)
skolas (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle High German schōle, or from Middle Dutch schole, both also borrowings from Late Latin scola, schola (“lecture; school”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). In Latvian, this borrowing is first mentioned in 16th-century texts and 17th-century dictionaries.

skola sākās 1. septembrī

Taisnību sakot, mazliet vairāk skolas viņam nebūtu nācis par ļaunu

to tell the truth, a little bit more school would not have been bad for him

(figuratively) education; the work of studying at school


fabrika

fabrika (nominative singular)
fabrikas (nominative plural)
fabrikas (genitive singular)
fabriku (genitive plural)
fabrikai (dative singular)
fabrikām (dative plural)
fabriku (accusative singular)
fabrikas (accusative plural)
fabriku (instrumental singular)
fabrikām (instrumental plural)
fabrikā (locative singular)
fabrikās (locative plural)
fabrika (singular vocative)
fabrikas (plural vocative)


mošeja

mošeja (nominative singular)
mošejas (nominative plural)
mošejas (genitive singular)
mošeju (genitive plural)
mošejai (dative singular)
mošejām (dative plural)
mošeju (accusative singular)
mošejas (accusative plural)
mošeju (instrumental singular)
mošejām (instrumental plural)
mošejā (locative singular)
mošejās (locative plural)
mošeja (singular vocative)
mošejas (plural vocative)


sinagoga

sinagoga (nominative singular)
sinagogas (nominative plural)
sinagogas (genitive singular)
sinagogu (genitive plural)
sinagogai (dative singular)
sinagogām (dative plural)
sinagogu (accusative singular)
sinagogas (accusative plural)
sinagogu (instrumental singular)
sinagogām (instrumental plural)
sinagogā (locative singular)
sinagogās (locative plural)
sinagoga (singular vocative)
sinagogas (plural vocative)


bibliotēka

bibliotēka (nominative singular)
bibliotēkas (nominative plural)
bibliotēkas (genitive singular)
bibliotēku (genitive plural)
bibliotēkai (dative singular)
bibliotēkām (dative plural)
bibliotēku (accusative singular)
bibliotēkas (accusative plural)
bibliotēku (instrumental singular)
bibliotēkām (instrumental plural)
bibliotēkā (locative singular)
bibliotēkās (locative plural)
bibliotēka (singular vocative)
bibliotēkas (plural vocative)


tornis

tornis (nominative singular)
torņi (nominative plural)
torņa (genitive singular)
torņu (genitive plural)
tornim (dative singular)
torņiem (dative plural)
torni (accusative singular)
torņus (accusative plural)
torni (instrumental singular)
torņiem (instrumental plural)
tornī (locative singular)
torņos (locative plural)
torni (singular vocative)
torņi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle Low German torn or Middle Dutch toorn or an East Frisian word (compare West Frisian toer; also compare German Turm), itself a borrowing, via Old Frisian torn, from Latin turris (accusative turrem). A dialectal German form Turn, borrowed as turnis, would in the Kurzeme dialects yield tornis (with [uo]). This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.

skābbarības tornis

tank, silo (large vertical building used to store grain)


templis

templis (nominative singular)
tempļi (nominative plural)
tempļa (genitive singular)
tempļu (genitive plural)
templim (dative singular)
tempļiem (dative plural)
templi (accusative singular)
tempļus (accusative plural)
templi (instrumental singular)
tempļiem (instrumental plural)
templī (locative singular)
tempļos (locative plural)
templi (singular vocative)
tempļi (plural vocative)

Templis ir celtne, kas paredzēta reliģiskām aktivitātēm

A temple is a building dedicated to religious activities

Partenons ir templis Atēnās

hindu templis

budistu templis


nams

nams (nominative singular)
nami (nominative plural)
nama (genitive singular)
namu (genitive plural)
namam (dative singular)
namiem (dative plural)
namu (accusative singular)
namus (accusative plural)
namu (instrumental singular)
namiem (instrumental plural)
namā (locative singular)
namos (locative plural)
nam (singular vocative)
nami (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *damús (“house”); The irregular d > n change in Baltic is attributed either to dissimilation (in expressions like darīt namu (“to make a house”)), or to influence from Iranic languages (compare Avestan 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 (nmāna, “quarters, house”) alongside 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 (dəmāna), suggesting the existence of an Iranian form *nam-). Another suggestion was that Proto-Baltic *nam- could come from *nm̥- < *dm̥-, the zero grade form of Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Yet another possibility is the influence of the stem of words like Ancient Greek νέμω (némō, “to tend, to distribute, to take to pasture”), νομός (nomós, “pasture; division, distribution; residence, dwelling”). Cognates include Lithuanian nãmas, Old Church Slavonic домъ (domŭ), Belarusian дом (dom), Bulgarian дом (dom), Russian дом (dom), Ukrainian дім (dim), Czech dům (genitive domu), Polish dom, Sanskrit दम (dáma), Old Armenian տուն (tun), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos), Latin domus.

cog

dzīvojamais nams

daudzstāvu nams

vairākdzīvokļu nams

īres nams

rent house (= apartment building, i.e., a building with apartments to rent)

house, building (esp. big, multi-storey, in the city)


māja

māja (nominative singular)
mājas (nominative plural)
mājas (genitive singular)
māju (genitive plural)
mājai (dative singular)
mājām (dative plural)
māju (accusative singular)
mājas (accusative plural)
māju (instrumental singular)
mājām (instrumental plural)
mājā (locative singular)
mājās (locative plural)
māja (singular vocative)
mājas (plural vocative)

Traditionally considered a borrowing from Proto-Finnic *maa (“land, earth”) (compare Estonian maa, Finnish maa, Veps ma, Livonian mō); the meaning evolved from “earth, land” → “earth, fields close to a village, to (farm) houses” → “(farm) house.” This word was also re-borrowed into Proto-Finnic as *maja (compare Estonian maja (“house”), Finnish maja (“hut”), Livonian mōi (“home”)).
More recently, it has been suggested that Proto-Finnic *maa ultimately derives from Indo-European, cf. Sanskrit मही (mahī), Old Irish mag (“plains, field”) (from Proto-Indo-European *meǵ(ʰ)-, *mag(ʰ)-, whence also Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “big”)). In this case, Latvian māja might not be a borrowing, but a retention from Proto-Indo-European.

lauku mājas

iepirkt mājas

dzīt govis mājās

(chiefly in the plural) farmhouse, farmstead, farm and its buildings


klēts

klēts (nominative singular)
klētis (nominative plural)
klēts (genitive singular)
klēšu (genitive plural)
klētij (dative singular)
klētīm (dative plural)
klēti (accusative singular)
klētis (accusative plural)
klēti (instrumental singular)
klētīm (instrumental plural)
klētī (locative singular)
klētīs (locative plural)
klēts (singular vocative)
klētis (plural vocative)

From the same stem as the verb celt (“to raise”); the actual form underwent metathesis (*keltis > *klētis > klēts). The original meaning was probably “raised, elevated building.” Cognates include Lithuanian klė́tis, Old Prussian clenan, Old Church Slavonic клѣть (klětĭ), Russian клеть (kletʹ), Belarusian клець (kljecʹ), Ukrainian кліть (klitʹ), Bulgarian клет (klet), Czech klec, Polish kleć. (Some researchers believe that the Slavic terms result from an early borrowing from Baltic.)

labības klēts

savest, sabērt ražu klētīs

to bring, to store the harvest in the granaries, barns

klēts apcirkņi

Ukraina bija Padomju savienības maizes klēts

Ukraine was the breadbasket of the Soviet Union

granary, barn (storage building for grain or animal feed)


slimnīca

slimnīca (nominative singular)
slimnīcas (nominative plural)
slimnīcas (genitive singular)
slimnīcu (genitive plural)
slimnīcai (dative singular)
slimnīcām (dative plural)
slimnīcu (accusative singular)
slimnīcas (accusative plural)
slimnīcu (instrumental singular)
slimnīcām (instrumental plural)
slimnīcā (locative singular)
slimnīcās (locative plural)
slimnīca (singular vocative)
slimnīcas (plural vocative)
slimnīce (alternative)

From slims (“sick, ill”) + -nīca. A neologism coined in the 1870s by Krišjānis Valdemārs or Fricis Brīvzemnieks in 1872, initially in the form slimnīce. The modern form slimnīca appeared already in the following decade. It replaced older expressions like sērgīgu viets, gaudeņu nams, neveselu nams, slimnieku nams, slimnieku māja, and others.

pilsēta slimnīca

rajona slimnīca

bērnu slimnīca

klīniskā slimnīca

slimnīcas palātas

slimnīcas nodaļas

psihiatriskā slimnīca

nosūtīt uz slimnīcu

(no)gulēt, ārstēties slimnīcā

to sleep, to receive treatment in hospital

pagulēt slimnīca

izrakstīt no slimnīcas

hospital (medical institution for in-patient treatment)


kūts

kūts (nominative singular)
kūtis (nominative plural)
kūts (genitive singular)
kūtu (genitive plural)
kūtij (dative singular)
kūtīm (dative plural)
kūti (accusative singular)
kūtis (accusative plural)
kūti (instrumental singular)
kūtīm (instrumental plural)
kūtī (locative singular)
kūtīs (locative plural)
kūts (singular vocative)
kūtis (plural vocative)

There are diverging theories on the origin of this word. The most likely derives it from the past particle of an old unattested verb *kūt (“to hit, to strike”), whence also kūja (“stick, pole”) (q.v.); the original meaning would be “hit (one)”, “driven, stuck (into the ground)”, referring to the fact that primitive animal barns or sheds were little more than fenced enclosures made with poles or sticks driven into the ground (the farm buildings which inherited the name appeared only in the 9th-10th century). The original participle, probably an a-stem (*kūtas), became an i-stem (*kūtis > kūts), possibly under the influence of other i-stem farm building names like klēts (“barn, granary”), pirts (“bath”). Another hypothesis is that the long ū might come from an earlier un, in which case kūts would be related to Proto-Slavic *kǫťa (“house”) (Bulgarian къща (kǎšta, “house”), Russian куча (kuča), кут (kut, “corner, nook”)). The Lithuanian cognates (kūti̇̀s, kū̃tė), however, have ū instead of the expected un, which weakens this hypothesis.

govju kūts

putnu kūts

cūku kūts, cūkkūts

kūts mēsli, kūtsmēsli

dziļā kūts

deep barn (provided with a manure storage space)

seklā kūts

shallow barn (one without a manure storage space)

sadzīt lopus kūtī

(animal) barn, shed, pen, sty (building in a farm for keeping animals)


cūkkūts

cūkkūts (nominative singular)
cūkkūtis (nominative plural)
cūkkūts (genitive singular)
cūkkūtu (genitive plural)
cūkkūtij (dative singular)
cūkkūtīm (dative plural)
cūkkūti (accusative singular)
cūkkūtis (accusative plural)
cūkkūti (instrumental singular)
cūkkūtīm (instrumental plural)
cūkkūtī (locative singular)
cūkkūtīs (locative plural)
cūkkūts (singular vocative)
cūkkūtis (plural vocative)
cūku kūts (alternative)

From cūku (“pig[gen.pl.]”) + kūts (“barn, shed”).

compound

200 metrus tālāk redz jauno cūkkūti, kur šogad pirmo reizi pārziemo cūkas

200 meters further one sees a new pigsty, where this year for the first time the pigs would spend the winter

sty, pigsty (a pen or sty for keeping pigs)


baznīca

baznīca (nominative singular)
baznīcas (nominative plural)
baznīcas (genitive singular)
baznīcu (genitive plural)
baznīcai (dative singular)
baznīcām (dative plural)
baznīcu (accusative singular)
baznīcas (accusative plural)
baznīcu (instrumental singular)
baznīcām (instrumental plural)
baznīcā (locative singular)
baznīcās (locative plural)
baznīca (singular vocative)
baznīcas (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old East Slavic божьница (božĭnica, “church, capel”), probably specifically from the dialectal form бозьница (bozĭnica) (compare Proto-Slavic *božьnica, Belarusian бажніца (bažnica, “shelf with icons; house of prayer”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bogъ (“god”) or *božьnъ (“divine”). The first vowel a (< *o) suggests that the borrowing occurred at some point in the 13th century, although the term itself is first mentioned only in the 16th century (as baznedce and baznice; the modern form baznīca is first attested in 17th-century sources).

cog

baznīcas zvans, tornis

iet baznīcā

es skatījos baznīcas baltajā tornī

netālajā Annas baznīcā sāka dūkt ērģeles... lauku draudze dziedāja beigu dziesmu

in the nearby Anna church the organs began to play... the local congregation began to sing the last song

church (building used for worship by Christians)


stacija

stacija (nominative singular)
stacijas (nominative plural)
stacijas (genitive singular)
staciju (genitive plural)
stacijai (dative singular)
stacijām (dative plural)
staciju (accusative singular)
stacijas (accusative plural)
staciju (instrumental singular)
stacijām (instrumental plural)
stacijā (locative singular)
stacijās (locative plural)
stacija (singular vocative)
stacijas (plural vocative)

autobusu stacija

dzelzceļa stacija

metro stacija


abatija

abatija (nominative singular)
abatijas (nominative plural)
abatijas (genitive singular)
abatiju (genitive plural)
abatijai (dative singular)
abatijām (dative plural)
abatiju (accusative singular)
abatijas (accusative plural)
abatiju (instrumental singular)
abatijām (instrumental plural)
abatijā (locative singular)
abatijās (locative plural)
abatija (singular vocative)
abatijas (plural vocative)

From abats (“abbot”) + -ija. Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.

abatijas robežas

abatijas celtnes

abatija ir mūku ordenim piederošs katoļu klosteris

an abbey is a Catholic monastery that belongs to a monastic order

abbey (a monastery headed by an abbot, and also the surrounding areas)


muzejs

muzejs (nominative singular)
muzeji (nominative plural)
muzeja (genitive singular)
muzeju (genitive plural)
muzejam (dative singular)
muzejiem (dative plural)
muzeju (accusative singular)
muzejus (accusative plural)
muzeju (instrumental singular)
muzejiem (instrumental plural)
muzejā (locative singular)
muzejos (locative plural)
muzej (singular vocative)
muzeji (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian музе́й (muzéj), from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον (mouseîon).


dzirnavas

dzirnavas (nominative plural)
dzirnavu (genitive plural)
dzirnavām (dative plural)
dzirnavas (accusative plural)
dzirnavām (instrumental plural)
dzirnavās (locative plural)
dzirnavas (plural vocative)


katedrāle

katedrāle (nominative singular)
katedrāles (nominative plural)
katedrāles (genitive singular)
katedrāļu (genitive plural)
katedrālei (dative singular)
katedrālēm (dative plural)
katedrāli (accusative singular)
katedrāles (accusative plural)
katedrāli (instrumental singular)
katedrālēm (instrumental plural)
katedrālē (locative singular)
katedrālēs (locative plural)
katedrāle (singular vocative)
katedrāles (plural vocative)

cathedral (a church governed by a bishop)


bāka

bāka (nominative singular)
bākas (nominative plural)
bākas (genitive singular)
bāku (genitive plural)
bākai (dative singular)
bākām (dative plural)
bāku (accusative singular)
bākas (accusative plural)
bāku (instrumental singular)
bākām (instrumental plural)
bākā (locative singular)
bākās (locative plural)
bāka (singular vocative)
bākas (plural vocative)


teātris

teātris (nominative singular)
teātri (nominative plural)
teātra (genitive singular)
teātru (genitive plural)
teātrim (dative singular)
teātriem (dative plural)
teātri (accusative singular)
teātrus (accusative plural)
teātri (instrumental singular)
teātriem (instrumental plural)
teātrī (locative singular)
teātros (locative plural)
teātri (singular vocative)
teātri (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).


autoosta

autoosta (nominative singular)
autoostas (nominative plural)
autoostas (genitive singular)
autoostu (genitive plural)
autoostai (dative singular)
autoostām (dative plural)
autoostu (accusative singular)
autoostas (accusative plural)
autoostu (instrumental singular)
autoostām (instrumental plural)
autoostā (locative singular)
autoostās (locative plural)
autoosta (singular vocative)
autoostas (plural vocative)

Rīgas starptautiskā autoosta

bus station, coach station, coach terminal


alus darītava

alus darītava (nominative singular)
alus darītavas (nominative plural)
alus darītavas (genitive singular)
alus darītavu (genitive plural)
alus darītavai (dative singular)
alus darītavām (dative plural)
alus darītavu (accusative singular)
alus darītavas (accusative plural)
alus darītavu (instrumental singular)
alus darītavām (instrumental plural)
alus darītavā (locative singular)
alus darītavās (locative plural)
alus darītava (singular vocative)
alus darītavas (plural vocative)

From alus (“beer”) (in genitive case) + darīt (“to make”) + -ava (noun-forming suffix).


rūpnīca

rūpnīca (nominative singular)
rūpnīcas (nominative plural)
rūpnīcas (genitive singular)
rūpnīcu (genitive plural)
rūpnīcai (dative singular)
rūpnīcām (dative plural)
rūpnīcu (accusative singular)
rūpnīcas (accusative plural)
rūpnīcu (instrumental singular)
rūpnīcām (instrumental plural)
rūpnīcā (locative singular)
rūpnīcās (locative plural)
rūpnīca (singular vocative)
rūpnīcas (plural vocative)


siltumnīca

siltumnīca (nominative singular)
siltumnīcas (nominative plural)
siltumnīcas (genitive singular)
siltumnīcu (genitive plural)
siltumnīcai (dative singular)
siltumnīcām (dative plural)
siltumnīcu (accusative singular)
siltumnīcas (accusative plural)
siltumnīcu (instrumental singular)
siltumnīcām (instrumental plural)
siltumnīcā (locative singular)
siltumnīcās (locative plural)
siltumnīca (singular vocative)
siltumnīcas (plural vocative)

greenhouse, hothouse (a covered above-ground structure with a natural or artificial microclimate)


observatorija

observatorija (nominative singular)
observatorijas (nominative plural)
observatorijas (genitive singular)
observatoriju (genitive plural)
observatorijai (dative singular)
observatorijām (dative plural)
observatoriju (accusative singular)
observatorijas (accusative plural)
observatoriju (instrumental singular)
observatorijām (instrumental plural)
observatorijā (locative singular)
observatorijās (locative plural)
observatorija (singular vocative)
observatorijas (plural vocative)


amfiteātris

amfiteātris (nominative singular)
amfiteātri (nominative plural)
amfiteātra (genitive singular)
amfiteātru (genitive plural)
amfiteātrim (dative singular)
amfiteātriem (dative plural)
amfiteātri (accusative singular)
amfiteātrus (accusative plural)
amfiteātri (instrumental singular)
amfiteātriem (instrumental plural)
amfiteātrī (locative singular)
amfiteātros (locative plural)
amfiteātri (singular vocative)
amfiteātri (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέατρον (amphithéatron, “a place for viewing on both sides”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).