fa

(music) fa, the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'.


re

Through 17th century Italian. The first syllable of Latin resonāre (“to resound”), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

(music) re, D (second note in the major scale)


plate

plate (nominative singular)
plates (nominative plural)
plates (genitive singular)
plašu (genitive plural)
platei (dative singular)
platēm (dative plural)
plati (accusative singular)
plates (accusative plural)
plati (instrumental singular)
platēm (instrumental plural)
platē (locative singular)
platēs (locative plural)
plate (singular vocative)
plates (plural vocative)


Ezra

Ezra (nominative singular)
Ezras (nominative plural)
Ezras (genitive singular)
Ezru (genitive plural)
Ezrai (dative singular)
Ezrām (dative plural)
Ezru (accusative singular)
Ezras (accusative plural)
Ezru (instrumental singular)
Ezrām (instrumental plural)
Ezrā (locative singular)
Ezrās (locative plural)
Ezra (singular vocative)
Ezras (plural vocative)


loma

loma (nominative singular)
lomas (nominative plural)
lomas (genitive singular)
lomu (genitive plural)
lomai (dative singular)
lomām (dative plural)
lomu (accusative singular)
lomas (accusative plural)
lomu (instrumental singular)
lomām (instrumental plural)
lomā (locative singular)
lomās (locative plural)
loma (singular vocative)
lomas (plural vocative)

spēlēt lomu

lomas teksts

mācīties lomu no galvas

tēlot galveno lomu

loma bez vārdiem

sadalīt lomas

(theater, cinematography) role, part, character


aba

lv-noun

aba m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

gender (irregular)
aba (nominative singular)
abas (nominative plural)
abas (genitive singular)
abu (genitive plural)
abam (dative singular)
abai (dative singular)
abām (dative plural)
abu (accusative singular)
abas (accusative plural)
abu (instrumental singular)
abām (instrumental plural)
abā (locative singular)
abās (locative plural)
aba (singular vocative)
abas (plural vocative)

(Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.


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)


elle

elle (nominative singular)
elles (nominative plural)
elles (genitive singular)
eļļu (genitive plural)
ellei (dative singular)
ellēm (dative plural)
elli (accusative singular)
elles (accusative plural)
elli (instrumental singular)
ellēm (instrumental plural)
ellē (locative singular)
ellēs (locative plural)
elle (singular vocative)
elles (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle Dutch elle or Middle Low German helle (compare German Hölle, English hell). It is mentioned already in 16th-century literature and 17th-century dictionaries.

(theology) hell (in many religions, the place where some or all souls go after death)

nonākt ellē

elles krāsns

elles mocības

(Christianity) hell (where the souls of sinners go after death to be punished by devils)


java

java (nominative singular)
javas (nominative plural)
javas (genitive singular)
javu (genitive plural)
javai (dative singular)
javām (dative plural)
javu (accusative singular)
javas (accusative plural)
javu (instrumental singular)
javām (instrumental plural)
javā (locative singular)
javās (locative plural)
java (singular vocative)
javas (plural vocative)

(construction) mortar (building material)


Venera

Venera (nominative singular)
Veneras (genitive singular)
Venerai (dative singular)
Veneru (accusative singular)
Veneru (instrumental singular)
Venerā (locative singular)
Venera (singular vocative)

From Latin Venus (genitive form Veneris).

lv:Venera (dieviete)
lv:Venera (planēta)

planets of the Solar System: Saules sistēmas planētas: Merkurs · Venera · Zeme · Marss · Jupiters · Saturns · Urāns · Neptūns [edit]

(Roman mythology) Venus (Roman goddess of love)


ikona

ikona (nominative singular)
ikonas (nominative plural)
ikonas (genitive singular)
ikonu (genitive plural)
ikonai (dative singular)
ikonām (dative plural)
ikonu (accusative singular)
ikonas (accusative plural)
ikonu (instrumental singular)
ikonām (instrumental plural)
ikonā (locative singular)
ikonās (locative plural)
ikona (singular vocative)
ikonas (plural vocative)


celle

celle (nominative singular)
celles (nominative plural)
celles (genitive singular)
ceļļu (genitive plural)
cellei (dative singular)
cellēm (dative plural)
celli (accusative singular)
celles (accusative plural)
celli (instrumental singular)
cellēm (instrumental plural)
cellē (locative singular)
cellēs (locative plural)
celle (singular vocative)
celles (plural vocative)

cell (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)


pils

pils (nominative singular)
pilis (nominative plural)
pils (genitive singular)
piļu (genitive plural)
pilij (dative singular)
pilīm (dative plural)
pili (accusative singular)
pilis (accusative plural)
pili (instrumental singular)
pilīm (instrumental plural)
pilī (locative singular)
pilīs (locative plural)
pils (singular vocative)
pilis (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pilis, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-í-s, from *tpelH- (“stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), Sanskrit पुर (pura), Lithuanian pilis.

prezidenta pils

pils sardze

palace (residence of a monarch or head of state; large, luxurious residence)


Marta

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1591. Cognate to English Martha.


deja

deja (nominative singular)
dejas (nominative plural)
dejas (genitive singular)
deju (genitive plural)
dejai (dative singular)
dejām (dative plural)
deju (accusative singular)
dejas (accusative plural)
deju (instrumental singular)
dejām (instrumental plural)
dejā (locative singular)
dejās (locative plural)
deja (singular vocative)
dejas (plural vocative)

Formed from the stem of dejot (“to dance”), by analogy with iet (“to go”) : eja (“(act of) going”).

baletas deja

dejas teorija

dejā varbūt vairāk nekā jebkurā citā mākslas veidā mūs aizrauj meistarība

in dance, perhaps more than in any other form of art, we are captivated by workmanship

neviens, kas pats nedejo, nevar iedomāties, cik dejas māksla ir smags darbs

no one who does not himself dance can imagine how much heavy work the art of dance is

(usually singular) dance (form of art expressed via harmonious, rhythmic body movements)

sena, moderna deja

tautas deja

aicināt uz deju

pēc koncerta bija dejas

aicināt uz dejām klubā

dejas solis

deju stundas

deju vakars

deju konkurss

deju kolektīvs

deju dziesma, mūzika

galvenā deja ir valsis; kas to prot, iemācās ātri citas

the main dance is waltz; he who knows it quickly learns others

dance (a performance of this type of art, for aesthetic pleasure or simple enjoyment)

odu, tauriņu deja

ārā ir tumšs, kauc vējš, pārslas griežas trakā dejā

it is dark outside, the wind is howling, the (snow)flakes turn around in a crazy dance

(figuratively) dance (complex, rhythmic movement of small objects or insects)

atskaņot deju

deju orķestris

visiem komponista deju žanra darbiem ir virtuozs raksturs, tā nav sadzīves, bet koncertmūzika

all of the composer's works in the dance genre have virtuoso traits, it is not everyday (music), it is concert music


robots

robots (nominative singular)
roboti (nominative plural)
robota (genitive singular)
robotu (genitive plural)
robotam (dative singular)
robotiem (dative plural)
robotu (accusative singular)
robotus (accusative plural)
robotu (instrumental singular)
robotiem (instrumental plural)
robotā (locative singular)
robotos (locative plural)
robot (singular vocative)
roboti (plural vocative)

From Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef http://ui.fpf.slu.cz/persons/Kelemen/articles/HorKelALIFEIXDef.pdf, and taken into other languages without change.

(science fiction) robot (intelligent machine designed to look like a human being)


sniegavīrs

sniegavīrs (nominative singular)
sniegavīri (nominative plural)
sniegavīra (genitive singular)
sniegavīru (genitive plural)
sniegavīram (dative singular)
sniegavīriem (dative plural)
sniegavīru (accusative singular)
sniegavīrus (accusative plural)
sniegavīru (instrumental singular)
sniegavīriem (instrumental plural)
sniegavīrā (locative singular)
sniegavīros (locative plural)
sniegavīr (singular vocative)
sniegavīri (plural vocative)

From sniega (“snow gen.”) + vīrs (“man”).

Eiropā sniegavīru biežak veido trīsdaļīgu

in Europe snowmen are usually made with three parts

snowman (a human-like figure made of snow)


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


Rute

Rute (nominative singular)
Rutes (nominative plural)
Rutes (genitive singular)
Rušu (genitive plural)
Rutei (dative singular)
Rutēm (dative plural)
Ruti (accusative singular)
Rutes (accusative plural)
Ruti (instrumental singular)
Rutēm (instrumental plural)
Rutē (locative singular)
Rutēs (locative plural)
Rute (singular vocative)
Rutes (plural vocative)

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Hebrew.


Marss

Marss (nominative singular)
Marsa (genitive singular)
Marsam (dative singular)
Marsu (accusative singular)
Marsu (instrumental singular)
Marsā (locative singular)
Mars (singular vocative)

From Latin Mars (“god of war”), from older Latin (older than 75 BC) Māvors. Mamers was his Oscan name. He was also known as Marmor, Marmar and Maris, the latter from the Etruscan deity Maris.

lv:Marss (mitoloģija)
lv:Marss (planēta)

(Roman mythology) Mars (Roman god of war)


ota

ota (nominative singular)
otas (nominative plural)
otas (genitive singular)
otu (genitive plural)
otai (dative singular)
otām (dative plural)
otu (accusative singular)
otas (accusative plural)
otu (instrumental singular)
otām (instrumental plural)
otā (locative singular)
otās (locative plural)
ota (singular vocative)
otas (plural vocative)

From *vota ([vuota]) with loss of initial v (like ola (“egg”), q.v.), from *wuo-, from Proto-Baltic *wan-, from Proto-Indo-European *won-, *wen-, *wā- (“to hit”). The original meaning was apparently “(something) for hitting,” at some point used to refer to the birch brooms used to hit oneself in steam baths, and then to all brooms. In the 1920s its use was restricted to the modern sense of “paintbrush.” Cognates include Lithuanian vánta (“broom for hitting oneself in steam baths”).

cog

šī mākslinieka otai pieder interesantās klusās dabas

this artist's paintbrush has an interesting quiet nature

Konrāda Ubāna ota radījusi ne tikai ainavas, bet arī portretus un klusās dabas, bez tam tā kalpousi monumentālajai mākslai un teātrim

Konrāds Ubāns' paintbrush created not only landscapes, but also portraits and still lifes, and served in addition monumental art and theater


daina

daina (nominative singular)
dainas (nominative plural)
dainas (genitive singular)
dainu (genitive plural)
dainai (dative singular)
dainām (dative plural)
dainu (accusative singular)
dainas (accusative plural)
dainu (instrumental singular)
dainām (instrumental plural)
dainā (locative singular)
dainās (locative plural)
daina (singular vocative)
dainas (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dainā (compare Lithuanian daina), from *deî- (“to sing, dance”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“move swiftly”) (compare Old Irish dían (“fast”), Ancient Greek δίω (díō, “I run away, flee”), Sanskrit दीयति (dīyati, “he soars”)). Cf. also Romanian doină.


betons

betons (nominative singular)
betoni (nominative plural)
betona (genitive singular)
betonu (genitive plural)
betonam (dative singular)
betoniem (dative plural)
betonu (accusative singular)
betonus (accusative plural)
betonu (instrumental singular)
betoniem (instrumental plural)
betonā (locative singular)
betonos (locative plural)
beton (singular vocative)
betoni (plural vocative)

(construction) concrete (building material)


stabs

stabs (nominative singular)
stabi (nominative plural)
staba (genitive singular)
stabu (genitive plural)
stabam (dative singular)
stabiem (dative plural)
stabu (accusative singular)
stabus (accusative plural)
stabu (instrumental singular)
stabiem (instrumental plural)
stabā (locative singular)
stabos (locative plural)
stab (singular vocative)
stabi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *steb-, *stab- (with -as), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *stabas, from, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, pole, (tree) trunk; to support, to hold, to pound, to tread”).
Cognates include Lithuanian stãbas (“idol, statue; pole; shape; paralysis; surrouding; respite, breathing space”), Old Prussian stabis (“rock, stone”), stabni (“oven”) (< *stabinē), Old Church Slavonic стоборъ (stoborŭ, “column”), Bulgarian стобо́р (stobór, “wooden fence”), Slovene stebér (“pole, idol”), Old Norse stafr (“stick, rod, support”), Old High German stab, Middle Low German staf, German Stab (“stick, rod, club”), English staff, Sanskrit स्तभ्नाति (stabhnā́ti, “to support, to strengthen”), Ancient Greek στέμβω (stémbō, “to pound, to shake continuously”).

cog

sētas stabi

telefona stabi

elektrības stabi

vārtu stabi nolūzuši

reklāmu stabs

kauna stabs

viņš stāv kā stabs

he, it stands as a pillar (tall, immobile)

pole, post, pillar (vertically placed long, thin, cylindrical object to keep something in place)


cements

cements (nominative singular)
cementi (nominative plural)
cementa (genitive singular)
cementu (genitive plural)
cementam (dative singular)
cementiem (dative plural)
cementu (accusative singular)
cementus (accusative plural)
cementu (instrumental singular)
cementiem (instrumental plural)
cementā (locative singular)
cementos (locative plural)
cement (singular vocative)
cementi (plural vocative)


eļļa

eļļa (nominative singular)
eļļas (nominative plural)
eļļas (genitive singular)
eļļu (genitive plural)
eļļai (dative singular)
eļļām (dative plural)
eļļu (accusative singular)
eļļas (accusative plural)
eļļu (instrumental singular)
eļļām (instrumental plural)
eļļā (locative singular)
eļļās (locative plural)
eļļa (singular vocative)
eļļas (plural vocative)


humors

humors (nominative singular)
humora (genitive singular)
humoram (dative singular)
humoru (accusative singular)
humoru (instrumental singular)
humorā (locative singular)
humor (singular vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin umor (“moisture”), from the ancient theory that the moods and dispositions of the human psyche were related to bodily fluids.

labsirdīgs humors

humora dzirksts

humora izjūta

cilvēks ar humora izjūtu

viņa balsī jūtama humora pieskaņa

in his voice one can feel a touch of humor

zvejas vīru humoru netraucē ne vētra, ne arī nemīlīgs laiks

neither storms nor inclement weather can disturb the humor of fishermen

viņš visu prot pateikt ar humoru, un mēs smejamies

he knows how to say everything with humor, and we laugh

humor (good-natured, playful attitude; the capacity to recognize and understand what is funny or comical)

tautas pasaku un sakāmvārdu humors

humor (that which is funny; a funny situation or anecdote)


humorists

lv-noun

humorists m (1st declension, feminine form: humoriste)

humoriste (feminine)
humorists (nominative singular)
humoristi (nominative plural)
humorista (genitive singular)
humoristu (genitive plural)
humoristam (dative singular)
humoristiem (dative plural)
humoristu (accusative singular)
humoristus (accusative plural)
humoristu (instrumental singular)
humoristiem (instrumental plural)
humoristā (locative singular)
humoristos (locative plural)
humorist (singular vocative)
humoristi (plural vocative)

From humors (“humor”) + -ists. Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.

humorista asais skatiens atrod visapslēptākās cilvēka vājības, pamana simtiem to izpausmes veidu un variantu

a humorist/comedian's sharp look finds the innermost human weaknesses and sees hundreds of forms and variations of their expression

humorist, comedian (a (male) artist who portrays the world in a comic, humorous way)


tilts

tilts (nominative singular)
tilti (nominative plural)
tilta (genitive singular)
tiltu (genitive plural)
tiltam (dative singular)
tiltiem (dative plural)
tiltu (accusative singular)
tiltus (accusative plural)
tiltu (instrumental singular)
tiltiem (instrumental plural)
tiltā (locative singular)
tiltos (locative plural)
tilt (singular vocative)
tilti (plural vocative)

Originally the past participle of an earlier verb *telt, parallel form *tilt, from Proto-Baltic *tel-, *til-, from Proto-Indo-European *tel-, *stel- (“to spread, to spread out”), whence also Latvian telpa (“space, room”). The original meaning was therefore “(that which is) spread out”, from which “(path, road) covered with intertwined, interlaced branches, logs” (a meaning still attested in folk songs) and then “bridge.” Cognates include Lithuanian tìltas; elsewhere, the stem *tel-, *stel- led to notions like “smooth base, floor, board:” Lithuanian dialectal tìlė (“a boat's bottom plank”), Old Prussian talus (“floor”), Proto-Slavic *tьlo (“base, floor”) (Old Church Slavonic тьло (tĭlo), Russian, Ukrainian тло (tlo), Czech tla (“floor”), Polish tło (“base, background”), Upper Sorbian tło (“floor, base, bottom”)), Old Irish talam (“earth”) (< *tlə-mo-), Proto-Germanic *þiliz (“board, plank”) (Old Norse þil, þili (“plank wall”), þilja (“floor, plank”), þel (“base, floor”), Old High German dil, dilo (“plank wall, floor”), dilla (“board, floor, ship deck”), German Diele (“plank”)), Sanskrit तलम् (talam, “plain, flat surface; palm”), Ancient Greek τήλιᾱ (tḗliā, “game table, board”), Albanian tullë (“brick”),
Latin tellūs (“earth”) (< *telnos), Ossetian тӕрхӕг (tærxæg, “bench”).

cog

līdzsvarota tilta slēguma shēmu bieži lieto elektriskajos mērījumos

a balanced bridge connection is often used in electric measurements

electric circuit
electric circuit#English

(electronics) bridge (element of an electric circuit, used to connect a measuring instrument)


Kristus

Kristus (nominative singular)
Kristus (genitive singular)
Kristum (dative singular)
Kristu (accusative singular)
Kristu (instrumental singular)
Kristū (locative singular)
Kristus (singular vocative)


arka

arka (nominative singular)
arkas (nominative plural)
arkas (genitive singular)
arku (genitive plural)
arkai (dative singular)
arkām (dative plural)
arku (accusative singular)
arkas (accusative plural)
arku (instrumental singular)
arkām (instrumental plural)
arkā (locative singular)
arkās (locative plural)
arka (singular vocative)
arkas (plural vocative)

Via some other European language, ultimately a borrowing from Latin arcus (“bow”), in feminine form (compare French arche (“bow”) and Late Latin arca, also ultimately from arcus).

loka arka

pusapļa arka

akmeņu arka

loga, durvju, vārtu arka

arkas cekuls

triumfa arka

dzelzceļa tilta varenās arkas

neredzēti līkumaini koki, kuru savijušās lapotnes veido dabiskas arkas

unseen cranked trees whose intertwined foliage forms natural arches

(architecture) arch (bow-shaped arrangement between two supports)


augšāmcelšanās

augšāmcelšanās (nominative singular)
augšāmcelšanās (nominative plural)
augšāmcelšanās (genitive singular)
augšāmcelšanos (genitive plural)
augšāmcelšanos (accusative singular)
augšāmcelšanās (accusative plural)

From augšām (“upwards”) + celšanās (“raising oneself”) (with celšanās from celties (“to lift, raise oneself”) + -šanās).

suffix

augšāmcelšanās no miroņiem

kāpēc Jēzus augšāmcelšanās ir svarīga?

mācītājs runāja par augšāmcelšanos un debesu valstību

the pastor talked about resurrection and the kingdom of heaven

(religion, Christianity) resurrection (religious belief in the return of the dead to life)


milze

lv-noun

milze f (5th declension, masculine form: milzis)

milzis (masculine)
milze (nominative singular)
milzes (nominative plural)
milzes (genitive singular)
milžu (genitive plural)
milzei (dative singular)
milzēm (dative plural)
milzi (accusative singular)
milzes (accusative plural)
milzi (instrumental singular)
milzēm (instrumental plural)
milzē (locative singular)
milzēs (locative plural)
milze (singular vocative)
milzes (plural vocative)

From milzis (“(male) giant”) + -e (“fem.”).

viņš Speipnira mugurā jāj deviņas naktis, līdz ierodas pie upes Gjellas un šķērso tās tiltu, kuru sargā milze Modgūda

he rides on the back of Speipnirs for nine nights, until he comes to the river Gjella and crosses the bridge which is guarded by the giantess Modgūda

(folklore, mythology) female giant, giantess (very large, supernaturally strong female being)


dvēsele

dvēsele (nominative singular)
dvēseles (nominative plural)
dvēseles (genitive singular)
dvēseļu (genitive plural)
dvēselei (dative singular)
dvēselēm (dative plural)
dvēseli (accusative singular)
dvēseles (accusative plural)
dvēseli (instrumental singular)
dvēselēm (instrumental plural)
dvēselē (locative singular)
dvēselēs (locative plural)
dvēsele (singular vocative)
dvēseles (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe; breath, spirit, soul”).
Cognate with Lithuanian dvėselė (“soul; (dialectal) strength”) as well as more distantly daũsios and dvėsti; Slavic *dušà and *dȗxъ; Gaulish dusios; and English deer (originally "living thing" < "soul").


jambs

jambs (nominative singular)
jambi (nominative plural)
jamba (genitive singular)
jambu (genitive plural)
jambam (dative singular)
jambiem (dative plural)
jambu (accusative singular)
jambus (accusative plural)
jambu (instrumental singular)
jambiem (instrumental plural)
jambā (locative singular)
jambos (locative plural)
jamb (singular vocative)
jambi (plural vocative)


bazilika

bazilika (nominative singular)
bazilikas (nominative plural)
bazilikas (genitive singular)
baziliku (genitive plural)
bazilikai (dative singular)
bazilikām (dative plural)
baziliku (accusative singular)
bazilikas (accusative plural)
baziliku (instrumental singular)
bazilikām (instrumental plural)
bazilikā (locative singular)
bazilikās (locative plural)
bazilika (singular vocative)
bazilikas (plural vocative)


melodija

melodija (nominative singular)
melodijas (nominative plural)
melodijas (genitive singular)
melodiju (genitive plural)
melodijai (dative singular)
melodijām (dative plural)
melodiju (accusative singular)
melodijas (accusative plural)
melodiju (instrumental singular)
melodijām (instrumental plural)
melodijā (locative singular)
melodijās (locative plural)
melodija (singular vocative)
melodijas (plural vocative)


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)


brālis

brālis (nominative singular)
brāļi (nominative plural)
brāļa (genitive singular)
brāļu (genitive plural)
brālim (dative singular)
brāļiem (dative plural)
brāli (accusative singular)
brāļus (accusative plural)
brāli (instrumental singular)
brāļiem (instrumental plural)
brālī (locative singular)
brāļos (locative plural)
brāli (singular vocative)
brāļi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *brā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with Lithuanian brolis.

brother (people who are closely related to each other)


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)


Jānis

Jānis (nominative singular)
Jāņi (nominative plural)
Jāņa (genitive singular)
Jāņu (genitive plural)
Jānim (dative singular)
Jāņiem (dative plural)
Jāni (accusative singular)
Jāņus (accusative plural)
Jāni (instrumental singular)
Jāņiem (instrumental plural)
Jānī (locative singular)
Jāņos (locative plural)
Jāni (singular vocative)
Jāņi (plural vocative)

First recorded in 13th century. Ultimately from Hebrew, cognate to English John.


Jesaja

Jesaja (nominative singular)
Jesajas (nominative plural)
Jesajas (genitive singular)
Jesaju (genitive plural)
Jesajai (dative singular)
Jesajām (dative plural)
Jesaju (accusative singular)
Jesajas (accusative plural)
Jesaju (instrumental singular)
Jesajām (instrumental plural)
Jesajā (locative singular)
Jesajās (locative plural)
Jesaja (singular vocative)
Jesajas (plural vocative)


debess

debess (nominative singular)
debesis (nominative plural)
debess (genitive singular)
debesu (genitive plural)
debesij (dative singular)
debesīm (dative plural)
debesi (accusative singular)
debesis (accusative plural)
debesi (instrumental singular)
debesīm (instrumental plural)
debesī (locative singular)
debesīs (locative plural)
debess (singular vocative)
debesis (plural vocative)

(chiefly in the plural, theology) heaven, paradise


Miha

Miha (nominative singular)
Mihas (nominative plural)
Mihas (genitive singular)
Mihu (genitive plural)
Mihai (dative singular)
Mihām (dative plural)
Mihu (accusative singular)
Mihas (accusative plural)
Mihu (instrumental singular)
Mihām (instrumental plural)
Mihā (locative singular)
Mihās (locative plural)
Miha (singular vocative)
Mihas (plural vocative)


abats

lv-noun

abats m (1st declension, feminine form: abate)

abate (feminine)
abats (nominative singular)
abati (nominative plural)
abata (genitive singular)
abatu (genitive plural)
abatam (dative singular)
abatiem (dative plural)
abatu (accusative singular)
abatus (accusative plural)
abatu (instrumental singular)
abatiem (instrumental plural)
abatā (locative singular)
abatos (locative plural)
abat (singular vocative)
abati (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin abbās (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

abats ir Romas katoļu baznīcas goda tituls

abbot is an honorific title of the Roman Catholic church

abats nēsā mitru un gana zizli

the abbot carries a mitre (hat) and a shepherd's staff

abbot (the (male) leader of a Catholic abbey or monastery)


vīrs

vīrs (nominative singular)
vīri (nominative plural)
vīra (genitive singular)
vīru (genitive plural)
vīram (dative singular)
vīriem (dative plural)
vīru (accusative singular)
vīrus (accusative plural)
vīru (instrumental singular)
vīriem (instrumental plural)
vīrā (locative singular)
vīros (locative plural)
vīrs (singular vocative)
vīri (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wī́ˀras, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós “man” < “strong one”, from the stem *weyh₁- (“to go, move in a straight direction; to be strong”) (cf. Latin vīs (“strength”)). Cognates include Lithuanian výras, Old Prussian wijrs, wirs, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair), Old High German wer, Old Norse verr, Old Irish fer, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬭𐬀 (vira), 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra), Latin vir.

sardzes vīrs

darba vīrs

karavīrs

ugunsdzēsēju komandas vīri

fire-brigade men (= firemen, firefighters)

(in combination with a word describing an occupation) a man who works, deals with something


kultūra

kultūra (nominative singular)
kultūras (nominative plural)
kultūras (genitive singular)
kultūru (genitive plural)
kultūrai (dative singular)
kultūrām (dative plural)
kultūru (accusative singular)
kultūras (accusative plural)
kultūru (instrumental singular)
kultūrām (instrumental plural)
kultūrā (locative singular)
kultūrās (locative plural)
kultūra (singular vocative)
kultūras (plural vocative)


pūķis

pūķis (nominative singular)
pūķi (nominative plural)
pūķa (genitive singular)
pūķu (genitive plural)
pūķim (dative singular)
pūķiem (dative plural)
pūķi (accusative singular)
pūķus (accusative plural)
pūķi (instrumental singular)
pūķiem (instrumental plural)
pūķī (locative singular)
pūķos (locative plural)
pūķi (singular vocative)
pūķi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Norse púki (“demon, evil spirit”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô; compare Swedish puke (“house spirit”).

naudas pūķis

mantas pūķis

(mythology, religion) in old Latvian mythology, a household spirit that could be bought, bred, or stolen, and protected the wealth of his owner

pūķis ar deviņām galvām

pūķa gads

the year of the dragon (Chinese calendar)

dragon, winged serpent (reptilian monster that spits fire and devours people and animals)

papīra pūķis

daudzplākšņu pūķi

kite (toy made usually of colored paper that flies in the air, and is controlled from below with a line)


himna

himna (nominative singular)
himnas (nominative plural)
himnas (genitive singular)
himnu (genitive plural)
himnai (dative singular)
himnām (dative plural)
himnu (accusative singular)
himnas (accusative plural)
himnu (instrumental singular)
himnām (instrumental plural)
himnā (locative singular)
himnās (locative plural)
himna (singular vocative)
himnas (plural vocative)


Persefone

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).


tauta

tauta (nominative singular)
tautas (nominative plural)
tautas (genitive singular)
tautu (genitive plural)
tautai (dative singular)
tautām (dative plural)
tautu (accusative singular)
tautas (accusative plural)
tautu (instrumental singular)
tautām (instrumental plural)
tautā (locative singular)
tautās (locative plural)
tauta (singular vocative)
tautas (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tawtā-, from Proto-Indo-European *towtā, an o-grade form of *tewtā-, *tewtéh₂ (“throng, multitude; people; land”), from the stem *tew- (“to swell”).
This word had several meanings in its history, often still found in folk tales: “(group of) foreigners,” “strangers,” “enemy tribe,” etc. (Compare Proto-Slavic *ťȗďь). In the 17th century, ļaudis, not tauta, was used in the sense of “people, nation.” In translations of German texts, (non-native) translators often used tauta to mean also “tribe,” “nation,” “(social) group” (compare German Geschlecht, Gattung), even “(animal or vegetal) species.” In the 19th century, the range of uses was narrowed, especially in the 1850s and 1860s with the first Latvian National Awakening, where the word tauta became associated with the idea of “nation” and was first used to refer to the Latvian people. It then stabilized with its current (political-ethnographic) meaning. Cognates include Lithuanian tautà, Sudovian taud (from *tauta), Old Prussian tauto (“land”), Proto-Germanic *þeudō (Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda), Old English þeod, Old High German diot, German deutsch, from *þiudiskaz), Old Irish túath (“people, tribe”), Oscan touto (“country, citizens, community”).

cog

latviešu tauta

lietuviešu tauta

vācu tauta

tautas izcelšanās

tautas vēsture

tautu draudzība

kultūras tauta

tautas gars

national spirit (= cultural, spiritual, psychological specificity)

people, nation (historically formed group of people, usually having a common culture, language, and territory)

tautas daiļrade

tautas māksla

tautas teikas

tautas daiļamatniecība

tautas mūzika, dejas

tautas dziesma

tautas ticējumi

tautas ēdieni

tautas tērps

tautas eposs

tautas medicīna, ārstniecība

(in the genitive, used adjectivally) people's, popular, folk, national (that which is typical or traditional of a nation)

tautu meita

(lit. daughter of the people) young woman from another region or family group

tautu dēls

(lit. son of the people) young man from another region or family group

(in folklore; usually plural) people from another region, family group, village


reliģija

reliģija (nominative singular)
reliģijas (nominative plural)
reliģijas (genitive singular)
reliģiju (genitive plural)
reliģijai (dative singular)
reliģijām (dative plural)
reliģiju (accusative singular)
reliģijas (accusative plural)
reliģiju (instrumental singular)
reliģijām (instrumental plural)
reliģijā (locative singular)
reliģijās (locative plural)
reliģija (singular vocative)
reliģijas (plural vocative)


dievs

lv-noun

dievs m (1st declension, feminine form: dieviete or dieve)

dieviete (feminine)
dieve (feminine)
dievs (nominative singular)
dievi (nominative plural)
dieva (genitive singular)
dievu (genitive plural)
dievam (dative singular)
dieviem (dative plural)
dievu (accusative singular)
dievus (accusative plural)
dievu (instrumental singular)
dieviem (instrumental plural)
dievā (locative singular)
dievos (locative plural)
diev (singular vocative)
dievi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. The original meaning was probably “light,” from which “sky” (via “bright one”, “shining one”) (a meaning still found in Proto-Finnic *taivas), whence also “god”.

lūgt dievu

ticēt dievam

dieva kalps

dieva tiesa

dievs (pa)sargi! pasargi dievs! lai dievs (pa)sarga!

mīļais dievs! mans dievs!

reliģijai raksturīgs uzskats, ka pasauli radījis dievs

(it) is a characteristic belief of religion that god created the world

dieva valstība

kingdom of god (literally "state of god"; karaliste, the word for kingdom, is not used in the Latvian Bible)

(theology, Christianity, often capitalized) god (supernatural being that created the world)

seno grieķu dievi

romiešu dievi

pagāniskie dievi

kara dievs

(mythology) god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship)


Marija

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1460. From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), ultimately from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryám). Cognate to English Mary.


Ādams

First recorded in 1522. Ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate to English Adam.


simboliste

simboliste f (5th declension, masculine form: simbolists)

simbolists (masculine)
simboliste (nominative singular)
simbolistes (nominative plural)
simbolistes (genitive singular)
simbolistu (genitive plural)
simbolistei (dative singular)
simbolistēm (dative plural)
simbolisti (accusative singular)
simbolistes (accusative plural)
simbolisti (instrumental singular)
simbolistēm (instrumental plural)
simbolistē (locative singular)
simbolistēs (locative plural)
simboliste (singular vocative)
simbolistes (plural vocative)

From simbolists (“symbolist”) + -e (“fem.”).

krievu simboliste Zinaīda Gipiusa 1901. gadā uzraksta lugu “Svētās asinis”, kuras centrā reliģiski seksuāla tematika

the Russian (female) symbolist In 1901, Zinaida Gippius wrote “Saintly Blood,” a play centered on religious sexual themes

(female) symbolist (a (female) supporter or follower of symbolism)


eņģelis

eņģelis (nominative singular)
eņģeļi (nominative plural)
eņģeļa (genitive singular)
eņģeļu (genitive plural)
eņģelim (dative singular)
eņģeļiem (dative plural)
eņģeli (accusative singular)
eņģeļus (accusative plural)
eņģeli (instrumental singular)
eņģeļiem (instrumental plural)
eņģelī (locative singular)
eņģeļos (locative plural)
eņģeli (singular vocative)
eņģeļi (plural vocative)


dēmons

dēmons (nominative singular)
dēmoni (nominative plural)
dēmona (genitive singular)
dēmonu (genitive plural)
dēmonam (dative singular)
dēmoniem (dative plural)
dēmonu (accusative singular)
dēmonus (accusative plural)
dēmonu (instrumental singular)
dēmoniem (instrumental plural)
dēmonā (locative singular)
dēmonos (locative plural)
dēmon (singular vocative)
dēmoni (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin daemon (“genius, guardian spirit”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).

uder

ļaunais dēmons

pielabināt dēmonus

atrasties dēmonu varā

pa nakti dēmoni nāk mani biedēt

during the night, demons come to frighten me

(mythology) demon, devil (supernatural evil being)


Ieva

Ieva (nominative singular)
Ievas (genitive singular)
Ievai (dative singular)
Ievu (accusative singular)
Ievu (instrumental singular)
Ievā (locative singular)
Ieva (singular vocative)

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1743. From Latin Eva, ultimately from Hebrew. Also a plant name from ieva (“bird cherry”).


joks

joks (nominative singular)
joki (nominative plural)
joka (genitive singular)
joku (genitive plural)
jokam (dative singular)
jokiem (dative plural)
joku (accusative singular)
jokus (accusative plural)
joku (instrumental singular)
jokiem (instrumental plural)
jokā (locative singular)
jokos (locative plural)
jok (singular vocative)
joki (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *yuok-, from Proto-Indo-European *yōk-, the o-grade of *yek- (“to speak”) (whence also Sanskrit याचति (yā́cati, “to ask, to beg”) < (“to say solemnly”)). A minority opinion is that joks is a borrowing from Latin iocus, via a Germanic language. The term is attested in 17th-century dictionaries, where smiekli (“laugh”) is a synonym; these terms became semantically differentiatiated by the mid-19th century, when the meaning of smiekli was broadened. Cognates include Lithuanian juõkas (“laugh, laughter; joke, joking; jesting, fun”), Latin iocus (“joke, jest”).

cog

asprātīgi, muļķīgi, sekli joki

stāstīt jokus

tas tik bija joks!

joku stāsts

joka pēc, joka dēļ

humoram jāieņem liela vieta cilvēka dzīvē... bez joka, bez smiekliem nevar dzīvot!

humor must take an important part in human life... without joke(s), without laughs one cannot live!

joke, jest (words or behavior that amuses, causes laughter)


Hestija

Hestija (nominative singular)
Hestijas (genitive singular)
Hestijai (dative singular)
Hestiju (accusative singular)
Hestiju (instrumental singular)
Hestijā (locative singular)
Hestija (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía).

(Greek mythology) Hestia, the goddess of the hearth and domestic life.


Obadja

Obadja (nominative singular)
Obadjas (nominative plural)
Obadjas (genitive singular)
Obadju (genitive plural)
Obadjai (dative singular)
Obadjām (dative plural)
Obadju (accusative singular)
Obadjas (accusative plural)
Obadju (instrumental singular)
Obadjām (instrumental plural)
Obadjā (locative singular)
Obadjās (locative plural)
Obadja (singular vocative)
Obadjas (plural vocative)


humoriste

lv-noun

humoriste f (5th declension, masculine form: humorists)

humorists (masculine)
humoriste (nominative singular)
humoristes (nominative plural)
humoristes (genitive singular)
humoristu (genitive plural)
humoristei (dative singular)
humoristēm (dative plural)
humoristi (accusative singular)
humoristes (accusative plural)
humoristi (instrumental singular)
humoristēm (instrumental plural)
humoristē (locative singular)
humoristēs (locative plural)
humoriste (singular vocative)
humoristes (plural vocative)

From humorists (“humorist, comedian”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

humoriste Jolanda Suvorova atsākusi smēķēt

comedienne Jolanda Suvorova has resumed smoking

(female) humorist, comedian, comedienne (a (female) artist who portrays the world in a humorous, comic way)


Izraēla

Izraēla (nominative singular)
Izraēlas (genitive singular)
Izraēlai (dative singular)
Izraēlu (accusative singular)
Izraēlu (instrumental singular)
Izraēlā (locative singular)
Izraēla (singular vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”), which, in Biblical Hebrew, means "he who wrestles with God" (a Biblical name for Jacob after he wrestles with an adversary, later extended to cover the Jewish people and their land).

(biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)


sonets

sonets (nominative singular)
soneti (nominative plural)
soneta (genitive singular)
sonetu (genitive plural)
sonetam (dative singular)
sonetiem (dative plural)
sonetu (accusative singular)
sonetus (accusative plural)
sonetu (instrumental singular)
sonetiem (instrumental plural)
sonetā (locative singular)
sonetos (locative plural)
sonet (singular vocative)
soneti (plural vocative)


koncerts

koncerts (nominative singular)
koncerti (nominative plural)
koncerta (genitive singular)
koncertu (genitive plural)
koncertam (dative singular)
koncertiem (dative plural)
koncertu (accusative singular)
koncertus (accusative plural)
koncertu (instrumental singular)
koncertiem (instrumental plural)
koncertā (locative singular)
koncertos (locative plural)
koncert (singular vocative)
koncerti (plural vocative)

concert (musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part)


akts

akts (nominative singular)
akti (nominative plural)
akta (genitive singular)
aktu (genitive plural)
aktam (dative singular)
aktiem (dative plural)
aktu (accusative singular)
aktus (accusative plural)
aktu (instrumental singular)
aktiem (instrumental plural)
aktā (locative singular)
aktos (locative plural)
akt (singular vocative)
akti (plural vocative)
akts (nominative singular)
aktis (nominative plural)
akts (genitive singular)
aktu (genitive plural)
aktij (dative singular)
aktīm (dative plural)
akti (accusative singular)
aktis (accusative plural)
akti (instrumental singular)
aktīm (instrumental plural)
aktī (locative singular)
aktīs (locative plural)
akts (singular vocative)
aktis (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin ācta (“register of events”), the plural form of āctum (“decree, law”), from agō (“put in motion”).

pamiera akts

civilās likumdošanas akts

notariāls akts

parakstīt aktu

civilstāvokļa akts


dancis

dancis (nominative singular)
danči (nominative plural)
danča (genitive singular)
danču (genitive plural)
dancim (dative singular)
dančiem (dative plural)
danci (accusative singular)
dančus (accusative plural)
danci (instrumental singular)
dančiem (instrumental plural)
dancī (locative singular)
dančos (locative plural)
danci (singular vocative)
danči (plural vocative)

ej un lūdz uz danci veco Kaču

pēc dāmu polkas bija garāka pauze... pagāja vēl vairāk danču, un Ilze mežsarga nepamanīja

after the ladies' polka there was a longer pause... there were more dances going on, and Ilze did not notice the forester

(dated sense) dance (the act of dancing; the art of dancing; a style of dancing)

garais dancis

dejot krusta danci

es šajā dancī tik un tā nepiedalīšos

I will not participate like that in this (traditional) dance

(ethnography) Latvian traditional, folkloric dances


abstrakts

head

abstrakts (definite abstraktais, comparative abstraktāks, superlative visabstraktākais, adverb abstrakti)

abstraktais (definite)
abstraktāks (comparative)
visabstraktākais (superlative)
abstrakti (adverb)
abstrakts (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
abstrakti (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
abstrakta (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
abstraktas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
abstrakta (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
abstraktu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
abstraktas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
abstraktu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
abstraktam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
abstraktiem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
abstraktai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
abstraktām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
abstraktu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
abstraktus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
abstraktu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
abstraktas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
abstraktu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
abstraktiem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
abstraktu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
abstraktām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
abstraktā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
abstraktos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
abstraktā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
abstraktās (feminine indefinite locative plural)

(art) abstract (that is characterized by a free combination of colors, lines and shapes, rather than the representation of real object forms)


Zuzanna

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1608. Ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate to English Susan.


islāms

islāms (nominative singular)
islāma (genitive singular)
islāmam (dative singular)
islāmu (accusative singular)
islāmu (instrumental singular)
islāmā (locative singular)
islām (singular vocative)

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission”), via other European languages.


šahāda

šahāda (nominative singular)
šahādas (genitive singular)
šahādai (dative singular)
šahādu (accusative singular)
šahādu (instrumental singular)
šahādā (locative singular)
šahāda (singular vocative)

Ultimately from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “witnessing”).

(Islam) shahada (the Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God and the prophethood of Muhammad)


korāns

korāns (nominative singular)
korāni (nominative plural)
korāna (genitive singular)
korānu (genitive plural)
korānam (dative singular)
korāniem (dative plural)
korānu (accusative singular)
korānus (accusative plural)
korānu (instrumental singular)
korāniem (instrumental plural)
korānā (locative singular)
korānos (locative plural)
korān (singular vocative)
korāni (plural vocative)


autors

lv-noun

autors m (1st declension, feminine form: autore)

autore (feminine)
autors (nominative singular)
autori (nominative plural)
autora (genitive singular)
autoru (genitive plural)
autoram (dative singular)
autoriem (dative plural)
autoru (accusative singular)
autorus (accusative plural)
autoru (instrumental singular)
autoriem (instrumental plural)
autorā (locative singular)
autoros (locative plural)
autor (singular vocative)
autori (plural vocative)

Ultimately from New Latin autor, from Latin auctor. Compare Lithuanian autorius, Polish autor, German Autor.


konfesija

konfesija (nominative singular)
konfesijas (nominative plural)
konfesijas (genitive singular)
konfesiju (genitive plural)
konfesijai (dative singular)
konfesijām (dative plural)
konfesiju (accusative singular)
konfesijas (accusative plural)
konfesiju (instrumental singular)
konfesijām (instrumental plural)
konfesijā (locative singular)
konfesijās (locative plural)
konfesija (singular vocative)
konfesijas (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately from Latin cōnfessiō, cōnfessiōnem (“confession, acknowledgment, creed or avowal of one's faith”). With -ija ending.


rits

rits (nominative singular)
riti (nominative plural)
rita (genitive singular)
ritu (genitive plural)
ritam (dative singular)
ritiem (dative plural)
ritu (accusative singular)
ritus (accusative plural)
ritu (instrumental singular)
ritiem (instrumental plural)
ritā (locative singular)
ritos (locative plural)
rit (singular vocative)
riti (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin rītus.

komūnijas rits

kristības rits

laulības rits

(religion) rite (a religious custom or ceremony; the specific details of this custom or ceremony)


simfonija

simfonija (nominative singular)
simfonijas (nominative plural)
simfonijas (genitive singular)
simfoniju (genitive plural)
simfonijai (dative singular)
simfonijām (dative plural)
simfoniju (accusative singular)
simfonijas (accusative plural)
simfoniju (instrumental singular)
simfonijām (instrumental plural)
simfonijā (locative singular)
simfonijās (locative plural)
simfonija (singular vocative)
simfonijas (plural vocative)

From French symphonie, from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía).

Bēthovena 9. simfonija

Šūberta nepabeigto simfonija

Jozefs Haidns uzrakstījis 104 simfoniju


kristadelfietis

kristadelfietis (nominative singular)
kristadelfieši (nominative plural)
kristadelfieša (genitive singular)
kristadelfiešu (genitive plural)
kristadelfietim (dative singular)
kristadelfiešiem (dative plural)
kristadelfieti (accusative singular)
kristadelfiešus (accusative plural)
kristadelfieti (instrumental singular)
kristadelfiešiem (instrumental plural)
kristadelfietī (locative singular)
kristadelfiešos (locative plural)
kristadelfieti (singular vocative)
kristadelfieši (plural vocative)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós) 'Christ' + ἀδελφός (adelphós) 'brother'; probably borrowed via some other European language.


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)


nots

nots (nominative singular)
notis (nominative plural)
nots (genitive singular)
nošu (genitive plural)
notij (dative singular)
notīm (dative plural)
noti (accusative singular)
notis (accusative plural)
noti (instrumental singular)
notīm (instrumental plural)
notī (locative singular)
notīs (locative plural)
nots (singular vocative)
notis (plural vocative)


Pēteris

Pēteris (nominative singular)
Pētei (nominative plural)
Pētea (genitive singular)
Pēteu (genitive plural)
Pēterim (dative singular)
Pēteiem (dative plural)
Pēteri (accusative singular)
Pēteus (accusative plural)
Pēteri (instrumental singular)
Pēteiem (instrumental plural)
Pēterī (locative singular)
Pēteos (locative plural)
Pēteri (singular vocative)
Pētei (plural vocative)

First recorded in 13th century. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), cognate to English Peter.


Jāzeps

First recorded in 17th century. Ultimately from Hebrew, cognate to English Joseph.


Jēkabs

First recorded in 1610. Ultimately from Hebrew, cognate to English Jacob and James.


Andrejs

Andrejs (nominative singular)
Andreji (nominative plural)
Andreja (genitive singular)
Andreju (genitive plural)
Andrejam (dative singular)
Andrejiem (dative plural)
Andreju (accusative singular)
Andrejus (accusative plural)
Andreju (instrumental singular)
Andrejiem (instrumental plural)
Andrejā (locative singular)
Andrejos (locative plural)
Andrej (singular vocative)
Andreji (plural vocative)

First recorded in 1204. Ultimately from Ancient Greek. Cognate to English Andrew.


Pāvils

First recorded in 1638. Ultimately from Latin Paulus . Cognate to English Paul.


Toms

First recorded in 1537. Ultimately from Aramaic. Cognate to English Thomas.

A respelling of the English male given name diminutive Tom.


Dāvids

First recorded in 1607. Ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate to English David.


Marks

Marks (nominative singular)
Marki (nominative plural)
Marka (genitive singular)
Marku (genitive plural)
Markam (dative singular)
Markiem (dative plural)
Marku (accusative singular)
Markus (accusative plural)
Marku (instrumental singular)
Markiem (instrumental plural)
Markā (locative singular)
Markos (locative plural)
Mark (singular vocative)
Marki (plural vocative)

First recorded in 1582. From Latin Marcus. Cognate to English Mark.


Matīss

Matīss (nominative singular)
Matīsi (nominative plural)
Matīsa (genitive singular)
Matīsu (genitive plural)
Matīsam (dative singular)
Matīsiem (dative plural)
Matīsu (accusative singular)
Matīsus (accusative plural)
Matīsu (instrumental singular)
Matīsiem (instrumental plural)
Matīsā (locative singular)
Matīsos (locative plural)
Matīs (singular vocative)
Matīsi (plural vocative)

First recorded in 1388. From Latin Matthias, ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate to English Matthias and Matthew.


Matejs

First recorded in 1750. From Latin Mattheus, ultimately from Hebrew.


Miķelis

First recorded in 1601. From Hebrew. Cognate to English Michael.


Stefans

First recorded in 1367. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos).


Daniels

First recorded in 1316. Ultimately from Hebrew דניּאל (daniyél). Cognate to English Daniel.


loks

loks (nominative singular)
loki (nominative plural)
loka (genitive singular)
loku (genitive plural)
lokam (dative singular)
lokiem (dative plural)
loku (accusative singular)
lokus (accusative plural)
loku (instrumental singular)
lokiem (instrumental plural)
lokā (locative singular)
lokos (locative plural)
lok (singular vocative)
loki (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”). From the same stem as the Latvian verb liekt (“to bend, to flex”) (q.v.), but with the vowel changed as in the iterative locīt (“to fold”). Cognates include Lithuanian lañkas (“shaft bow, (barrel) hoop, (road) bend, (shooting) bow, circle”).

zirga loks

aiz kalna tikai braucēji līdz pusei un zirga galva ar kaklu un loku vēl bija redzama

from behind the hill, only half of the riders(' bodies) and the horse's head with the neck and the shaft bow was still visible

shaft bow (part of the traditional horse harness used in the Baltic countries, consisting of a wooden bow that arches over the horse's back, keeping the shafts away from the horse's sides)


Ziemassvētki

Ziemassvētki (nominative plural)
Ziemassvētku (genitive plural)
Ziemassvētkiem (dative plural)
Ziemassvētkus (accusative plural)
Ziemassvētkiem (instrumental plural)
Ziemassvētkos (locative plural)
Ziemassvētki (plural vocative)

From ziema (“winter”) + svētki (“feast, celebration”).

compound

Ziemassvētku laiks

Ziemassvētku vakars

Ziemassvētku egle, eglīte

Christmas tree (lit. Christmas pine tree)

Ziemassvētku vecītis

(Christianity) Christmas (holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ)

senie latvieši Ziemassvētkos svinēja nevis Kristus piedzimšanu, bet gan saules griešanos

the pagan Latvians celebrate Winter Fest not because of the birth of Christ, but because of the turning of the sun (= winter solstice)

(religion, Pre-Christian) old winter solstice celebration


Māra

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1765. From Marija (“Mary”) and from Tamāra.


Diāna

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. From Latin Diana.


Elizabete

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1252. Ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate with English Elizabeth.


Laima

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From laime (“luck”).
Laima as laimė = happiness

A goddess of fate in Latvian and Lithuanian mythology.


Lidija

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1881. From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía). Cognate with English Lydia.


Estere

Estere (nominative singular)
Esteres (nominative plural)
Esteres (genitive singular)
Esteu (genitive plural)
Esterei (dative singular)
Esterēm (dative plural)
Esteri (accusative singular)
Esteres (accusative plural)
Esteri (instrumental singular)
Esterēm (instrumental plural)
Esterē (locative singular)
Esterēs (locative plural)
Estere (singular vocative)
Esteres (plural vocative)

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the 15th century. Cognate to English Esther.


takts

takts (nominative singular)
taktis (nominative plural)
takts (genitive singular)
taktu (genitive plural)
taktij (dative singular)
taktīm (dative plural)
takti (accusative singular)
taktis (accusative plural)
takti (instrumental singular)
taktīm (instrumental plural)
taktī (locative singular)
taktīs (locative plural)
takts (singular vocative)
taktis (plural vocative)


teologs

lv-noun

teologs m (1st declension, feminine form: teoloģe)

teoloģe (feminine)
teologs (nominative singular)
teologi (nominative plural)
teologa (genitive singular)
teologu (genitive plural)
teologam (dative singular)
teologiem (dative plural)
teologu (accusative singular)
teologus (accusative plural)
teologu (instrumental singular)
teologiem (instrumental plural)
teologā (locative singular)
teologos (locative plural)
teolog (singular vocative)
teologi (plural vocative)

(male) theologian (a specialist in theology)


dziedāt

head

dziedāt (transitive or intransitive, 3rd conjugation, irregular, present dziedu, dziedi, dzied, past dziedāju)

conjugation (third-person)
dziedu (present)
dziedi (present)
dzied (present)
dziedāju (past)
dziedu (first-person indicative present singular)
dziedāju (first-person indicative past singular)
dziedāšu (first-person future indicative singular)
dziedi (indicative present second-person singular)
dziedāji (indicative past second-person singular)
dziedāsi (future indicative second-person singular)
dziedi (imperative second-person singular)
dzied (indicative present singular third-person)
dziedāja (indicative past singular third-person)
dziedās (future indicative singular third-person)
lai dzied (imperative singular third-person)
dziedam (first-person indicative plural present)
dziedājām (first-person indicative past plural)
dziedāsim (first-person future indicative plural)
dziedāsim (first-person imperative plural)
dziedat (indicative plural present second-person)
dziedājāt (indicative past plural second-person)
dziedāsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
dziedāsit (future indicative plural second-person)
dziediet (imperative plural second-person)
dzied (indicative plural present third-person)
dziedāja (indicative past plural third-person)
dziedās (future indicative plural third-person)
lai dzied (imperative plural third-person)
dziedot (present renarrative)
dziedošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot dziedājis (past renarrative)
dziedādams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
dziedāšot (future renarrative)
dziedot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai dziedot (imperative)
dziedam (active participle participle-4 present)
dziedājis (active participle past)
dziedātu (conditional present)
dziedams (participle passive present)
būtu dziedājis (conditional past)
dziedāts (participle passive past)
jādzied (debitive indicative)
būt jādzied (debitive indicative)
dziedāt (infinitive)
esot jādzied (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nedziedāt (infinitive negative)
jādziedot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
dziedāšana (noun-from-verb)

From Proto-Baltic *geyd-, from Proto-Indo-European *gēy-, *goy-, *gī- (“to sing, to call, to shout”) with an extra -d. Originally, dziedāt was an iterative-intensive form of an earlier verb, either *gīst (< *gī-d-ti; cf, Lithuanian pra-gýsti), or *giet (< *gie- < *gēy-, from which also dziesma (“song”)).
Cognates include Lithuanian giedóti (“to sing”), pragýsti (“to begin to sing”), gáida, gaidà (“melody; singer”), Proto-Slavic *gajati (Old East Slavic гаяти (gajati, “to croak, to caw”), Russian dialectal га́ять (gájatʹ, “to yawn; to speak, to shout, to make noise; to swear, to yell at someone; to drive animals by shouting”)), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati), गाति (gā́jati, gā́ti, “to sing”), गीत (gī́ta, “having sung”), Tocharian A kāk (“he called”), Tocharian B kāka (“he called”).

cog

dziedāt operas teātrī

dziedāt pašdarbības kolektīvā

dziedāt koncertā, korī, izrādē

dziedāt titullomu operas izrādē

to sing the title role in an opera performance

to sing (to practice a vocal art; to participate in a singing group, to play a singing role in a musical performance)


Lilita

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1903. From Hebrew לילית. Cognate to English Lilith.


jods

jods (nominative singular)
jodi (nominative plural)
joda (genitive singular)
jodu (genitive plural)
jodam (dative singular)
jodiem (dative plural)
jodu (accusative singular)
jodus (accusative plural)
jodu (instrumental singular)
jodiem (instrumental plural)
jodā (locative singular)
jodos (locative plural)
jod (singular vocative)
jodi (plural vocative)

(mythology) Latvian mythological being, also called velns; a devil that presides over the dead in a realm under the earth


Tamāra

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Ultimately from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”). Cognate with English Tamara.

Тама́ра Тамара#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára).


Judīte

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1650. From Hebrew. Cognate with English Judith.


teika

teika (nominative singular)
teikas (nominative plural)
teikas (genitive singular)
teiku (genitive plural)
teikai (dative singular)
teikām (dative plural)
teiku (accusative singular)
teikas (accusative plural)
teiku (instrumental singular)
teikām (instrumental plural)
teikā (locative singular)
teikās (locative plural)
teika (singular vocative)
teikas (plural vocative)

From the same stem as the verb teikt (“to say”) (q.v.). Dialectally and originally the meaning was “saying, talk.” The current meaning (corresponding to German Sage, Russian предание (predanije)) appeared in the 1860's, perhaps under the influence of A. Kronvalds.

latviešu tautas teika

teika par Dundagas pili

teika par Lāčplēsi

the legend of Lāčplēsis (the Bear-Slayer)

vietu teikas

stāstīt teikas

sena teika stāsta, ka Sjerraleone (tulkojumā “Lauvu kalni”) dabūjusi savu nosaukumu no portugāļu jūras braucējiem

an old legend says that Sierra Leone (literally “Lion Mountains”) obtained its name from Portuguese sailors

legend, tale (traditional folk narrative combining the real and the fantastic; the respective genre)


Sīmanis

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1562. Ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate with English Simon.


krusts

krusts (nominative singular)
krusti (nominative plural)
krusta (genitive singular)
krustu (genitive plural)
krustam (dative singular)
krustiem (dative plural)
krustu (accusative singular)
krustus (accusative plural)
krustu (instrumental singular)
krustiem (instrumental plural)
krustā (locative singular)
krustos (locative plural)
krust (singular vocative)
krusti (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ) (compare Russian крест (krest)) (from Old High German Christ (“Christ”)), which regularly yielded Latvian dialectal krists. The u of the standard Latvian form krusts, however, is not obviously explainable. There are several theories: contamination of Latin crux (“cross”) and Christus (words that Latvians would often hear in Latin in church), influence of Old East Slavic *кръстъ (*krŭstŭ), an earlier borrowing from Old Norse kross (with an open o which old Baltic dialects would have borrowed as u); or perhaps no borrowing (krusts might come from an old Proto-Indo-European word cognate with Latin crux).

koka, marmora, zelta krusts

kapa krusts

apzīmēt ar krustu, ar krusta zīmi

(pār)mest, (aiz)mest krustu

to make (lit. throw) the sign of the cross

(Christianity) cross (main symbol of the Christian religion, in the shape of the instrument used to execute Jesus)


dejot

head

dejot (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present dejoju, dejo, dejo, past dejoju)

conjugation (second-person)
dejoju (present)
dejo (present)
dejoju (past)
dejoju (first-person indicative present singular)
dejoju (first-person indicative past singular)
dejošu (first-person future indicative singular)
dejo (indicative present second-person singular)
dejoji (indicative past second-person singular)
dejosi (future indicative second-person singular)
dejo (imperative second-person singular)
dejo (indicative present singular third-person)
dejoja (indicative past singular third-person)
dejos (future indicative singular third-person)
lai dejo (imperative singular third-person)
dejojam (first-person indicative plural present)
dejojām (first-person indicative past plural)
dejosim (first-person future indicative plural)
dejosim (first-person imperative plural)
dejojat (indicative plural present second-person)
dejojāt (indicative past plural second-person)
dejosiet (future indicative plural second-person)
dejosit (future indicative plural second-person)
dejojiet (imperative plural second-person)
dejo (indicative plural present third-person)
dejoja (indicative past plural third-person)
dejos (future indicative plural third-person)
lai dejo (imperative plural third-person)
dejojot (present renarrative)
dejojošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot dejojis (past renarrative)
dejodams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
dejošot (future renarrative)
dejojot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai dejojot (imperative)
dejojam (active participle participle-4 present)
dejojis (active participle past)
dejotu (conditional present)
dejojams (participle passive present)
būtu dejojis (conditional past)
dejots (participle passive past)
jādejo (debitive indicative)
būt jādejo (debitive indicative)
dejot (infinitive)
esot jādejo (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nedejot (infinitive negative)
jādejojot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
dejošana (noun-from-verb)

Originally the iterative counterpart of diet (“to dance”), present stem dej- (q.v.).

viņa dejos Odetu un Odīliju P. Čaikovska baletā “Gulbju ezers”

she will play (lit. dance) Odeta and Odīlija in P. Čaikovskis' ballet “Swan Lake”


pagrabs

pagrabs (nominative singular)
pagrabi (nominative plural)
pagraba (genitive singular)
pagrabu (genitive plural)
pagrabam (dative singular)
pagrabiem (dative plural)
pagrabu (accusative singular)
pagrabus (accusative plural)
pagrabu (instrumental singular)
pagrabiem (instrumental plural)
pagrabā (locative singular)
pagrabos (locative plural)
pagrab (singular vocative)
pagrabi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old East Slavic погробъ (pogrobŭ, “pit with a cover on top”) (cf. Russian по́греб (pógreb, “cellar, warehouse”)), itself derived from погребати (pogrebati, “to rake, to dig”). Given its form, this word must have been borrowed before the 13th century, though it is first mentioned only in 17th-century Latvian dictionaries.

cog

pagraba dzīvoklis

pagraba logs

kartupeļu, dārzeņu pagrabs

vīna pagrabs

cellar, basement (underground floor or space under a building)


tēvs

tēvs (nominative singular)
tēvi (nominative plural)
tēva (genitive singular)
tēvu (genitive plural)
tēvam (dative singular)
tēviem (dative plural)
tēvu (accusative singular)
tēvus (accusative plural)
tēvu (instrumental singular)
tēviem (instrumental plural)
tēvā (locative singular)
tēvos (locative plural)
tēvs (singular vocative)
tēvi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *tewas ("father"), from Proto-Indo-European *te- (“father”), a stem found in reduplicated form in tētis (“father”) (q.v.). The epenthetic v arose to break the e-a sequence. Cognates include Lithuanian tėvas, Old Prussian tāws, towis (“father”), thewis (“father's brother”).

Mūsu Tēvs, Tēvs Mūsu

debesu tēvs

Dievs Tēvs! Dievs Kungs!

oh God! oh Lord! (expressions of surprise or fear)

(Christianity) God the Father (God seen as the creator of the universe)

svētais tēvs

garīgais tēvs

spiritual father (preacher, priest, etc.)

baznīcas tēvi

the fathers of the church (who formed the church's doctrive from the 2nd to the 8th century)

pareizticīgo garīdznieks tēvs Andrejs, vēršoties pie krieviem, lūdza atbalstīt latviešus viņu cīņā par neatkarību

the Orthodox priest Father Andrejs, turning to the Russians, asked (them) to support the Latvians in their struggle for independence

(Christianity) Father (used to address or to speak about members of the Catholic or Orthodox clergy: priests, monks, etc.)


jumts

jumts (nominative singular)
jumti (nominative plural)
jumta (genitive singular)
jumtu (genitive plural)
jumtam (dative singular)
jumtiem (dative plural)
jumtu (accusative singular)
jumtus (accusative plural)
jumtu (instrumental singular)
jumtiem (instrumental plural)
jumtā (locative singular)
jumtos (locative plural)
jumt (singular vocative)
jumti (plural vocative)

Originally the past participle of the verb jumt (“to cover a roof; to thatch”), from Proto-Baltic *jumt, from Proto-Indo-European *yew-, *yū- (“to bind, to tie”), with an extra m. Primitive houses were covered by tied, interwoven sticks on which rested a mud covering. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *jǫtъ (“roof”) (cf. Russian прию́т (prijút, “shelter, retreat”)).

skārda jumts

šīfera jumts

ruberoīda jumts

kārniņu jumts

niedru jumts

slīps jumts

jumta skārds

jumta pape

jumta naglas

jumta plakne

salabot jumtu

jumta istaba, jumtistaba

roof (structure that covers the top of a building; the covering that sits on it)


krēsls

krēsls (nominative singular)
krēsli (nominative plural)
krēsla (genitive singular)
krēslu (genitive plural)
krēslam (dative singular)
krēsliem (dative plural)
krēslu (accusative singular)
krēslus (accusative plural)
krēslu (instrumental singular)
krēsliem (instrumental plural)
krēslā (locative singular)
krēslos (locative plural)
krēsl (singular vocative)
krēsli (plural vocative)

Some researchers consider this word borrowed from Slavic, where a possible Proto-Slavic *krěslo could be related to *krosno (“loom, weaving frame”), the rectangular form of which is reminiscent of chairs. Other researchers, pointing out that this would not explain the number of cognate formations in Baltic (e.g., dialectal Latvian kreslis (“removable sleigh backrest”), kreša (“little bench”), dialectal Lithuanian krãsė, kresė̃ (“chair”), krẽstas (“bench”)), suggest a Proto-Balto-Slavic *kréˀsla, from an earlier *kréˀslan, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₁s-lo-m.
If not a borrowing, krēsls could come (via Proto-Baltic *krēs- with an extra l) from the same stem as the verb krest (“to shake”), older meaning “to braid, to weave” (for a link between the notions of “shaking” and “weaving,” see Old Norse hrista (“to shake”), Middle Low German risten (“to braid, to weave”)): Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret-, from *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”). The original meaning would then have been “woven object” (folk songs suggest that earlier chairs were indeed made by weaving wickers).
Cognates include Lithuanian krė́slas (“chair; chair with backrest; armchair”), Old Prussian creslan (“chair with backrest”), Russian кре́сло (kréslo, “armchair”), Bulgarian кресло́ (kresló, “armchair”), Czech křeslo (“armchair”), Polish krzesło (“chair”).

jumta krēsls

(construction) a structure of beams that supports the rafters and the roof of a house; roof truss


sieva

sieva (nominative singular)
sievas (nominative plural)
sievas (genitive singular)
sievu (genitive plural)
sievai (dative singular)
sievām (dative plural)
sievu (accusative singular)
sievas (accusative plural)
sievu (instrumental singular)
sievām (instrumental plural)
sievā (locative singular)
sievās (locative plural)
sieva (singular vocative)
sievas (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śéiwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéy-wos, from *ḱey- (“be located; camp, settlement; friendly; from the same home”) with a suffix -wā (from the same stem also Latvian saime (“household”)). The semantic change seems to have been “friendly settlement or household member” > “woman”. Cognate with Sanskrit शेव (śéva, “dear, friendly, honored”), Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰-𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (heiwa-frauja, “master of the house”), Old High German hiwa (“wife”), hi(w)o (“spouse; servant”), Latin civis (“citizen”) (previously “household member”, “villager”). As Latvian sieva gradually shifted its basic meaning to “wife”, a new term sieviete (“woman”) was coined (in the 19th century).

𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰-𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰

vīrs un sieva

nolūkot sievu

ņemt, apņemt sievu

sievas vecāki

viņa jau divus gadus ir sieva

viņam nav sievas

wife (married woman; woman with respect to her husband)


džihāds

džihāds (nominative singular)
džihādi (nominative plural)
džihāda (genitive singular)
džihādu (genitive plural)
džihādam (dative singular)
džihādiem (dative plural)
džihādu (accusative singular)
džihādus (accusative plural)
džihādu (instrumental singular)
džihādiem (instrumental plural)
džihādā (locative singular)
džihādos (locative plural)
džihād (singular vocative)
džihādi (plural vocative)


rakstnieks

lv-noun

rakstnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: rakstniece)

rakstniece (feminine)
rakstnieks (nominative singular)
rakstnieki (nominative plural)
rakstnieka (genitive singular)
rakstnieku (genitive plural)
rakstniekam (dative singular)
rakstniekiem (dative plural)
rakstnieku (accusative singular)
rakstniekus (accusative plural)
rakstnieku (instrumental singular)
rakstniekiem (instrumental plural)
rakstniekā (locative singular)
rakstniekos (locative plural)
rakstniek (singular vocative)
rakstnieki (plural vocative)

Coined by Juris Alunāns, from raksts (“writing”) + -nieks, in the 1850s.


grēks

grēks (nominative singular)
grēki (nominative plural)
grēka (genitive singular)
grēku (genitive plural)
grēkam (dative singular)
grēkiem (dative plural)
grēku (accusative singular)
grēkus (accusative plural)
grēku (instrumental singular)
grēkiem (instrumental plural)
grēkā (locative singular)
grēkos (locative plural)
grēk (singular vocative)
grēki (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old East Slavic грѣхъ (grěxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *grěxъ.


pekle

pekle (nominative singular)
pekles (nominative plural)
pekles (genitive singular)
pekļu (genitive plural)
peklei (dative singular)
peklēm (dative plural)
pekli (accusative singular)
pekles (accusative plural)
pekli (instrumental singular)
peklēm (instrumental plural)
peklē (locative singular)
peklēs (locative plural)
pekle (singular vocative)
pekles (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian пе́кло (péklo, “hell”), dialectal пекл (pekl) (from Old Church Slavonic пькълъ (pĭkŭlŭ, “tar”), from Latin picula (“tar”)). Its ending may also have been influenced by elle. It is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries. In some dialects, it also means “abyss.”

cog

tumšs kā peklē


Bībele

Bībele (nominative singular)
Bībeles (genitive singular)
Bībelei (dative singular)
Bībeli (accusative singular)
Bībeli (instrumental singular)
Bībelē (locative singular)
Bībele (singular vocative)

From Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material).


bībele

bībele (nominative singular)
bībeles (nominative plural)
bībeles (genitive singular)
bībeļu (genitive plural)
bībelei (dative singular)
bībelēm (dative plural)
bībeli (accusative singular)
bībeles (accusative plural)
bībeli (instrumental singular)
bībelēm (instrumental plural)
bībelē (locative singular)
bībelēs (locative plural)
bībele (singular vocative)
bībeles (plural vocative)

(compare Bībele) a bible, a copy of the Bible


Korāns

Korāns (nominative singular)
Korāna (genitive singular)
Korānam (dative singular)
Korānu (accusative singular)
Korānu (instrumental singular)
Korānā (locative singular)
Korān (singular vocative)


balkons

balkons (nominative singular)
balkoni (nominative plural)
balkona (genitive singular)
balkonu (genitive plural)
balkonam (dative singular)
balkoniem (dative plural)
balkonu (accusative singular)
balkonus (accusative plural)
balkonu (instrumental singular)
balkoniem (instrumental plural)
balkonā (locative singular)
balkonos (locative plural)
balkon (singular vocative)
balkoni (plural vocative)


medus mēnesis

medus mēnesis (nominative singular)
medus mēneši (nominative plural)
medus mēneša (genitive singular)
medus mēnešu (genitive plural)
medus mēnesim (dative singular)
medus mēnešiem (dative plural)
medus mēnesi (accusative singular)
medus mēnešus (accusative plural)
medus mēnesi (instrumental singular)
medus mēnešiem (instrumental plural)
medus mēnesī (locative singular)
medus mēnešos (locative plural)
medus mēnesi (singular vocative)
medus mēneši (plural vocative)

honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)


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.

dzīvojamā māja

stūra māja

ģimenes māja

kalpu māja

vienstāva, daudzstāvu māja

lauku mājas

iepirkt mājas

dzīt govis mājās

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

braukt, iet uz mājām

uzkopt māju

mājas māte, mājasmāte

otrās mājas

sēdēt mājās

justies kā mājās


gredzens

gredzens (nominative singular)
gredzeni (nominative plural)
gredzena (genitive singular)
gredzenu (genitive plural)
gredzenam (dative singular)
gredzeniem (dative plural)
gredzenu (accusative singular)
gredzenus (accusative plural)
gredzenu (instrumental singular)
gredzeniem (instrumental plural)
gredzenā (locative singular)
gredzenos (locative plural)
gredzen (singular vocative)
gredzeni (plural vocative)

From an earlier (unattested) Latvian adjective *gregs (“turned, twisted, woven”) or noun *gred(z)is (“bay, bent”) (cf. place names like Gredzups) + -ens, from a verb *gregt (“to turn, to twist, to weave, to braid”), from Proto-Baltic *greg-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerg-, *greg-, from a stem *ger- (“to turn, to twist”) (whence also griezt (“to turn”), q.v.) with an extra -g. The original meaning was “turned, bent, woven thing” > “round woven thing (like a wreath)” > “ring.” Cognates include Old Prussian graudis (corrected to grandis), Old Norse krākr (“bending, bay, hook”), Middle English crinkled (“turned, twisted”), English crinkle, Dutch krinkel (“loop, noose”).

romāns radīts pēc gredzena principā

a roman written according to the principle of circularity

(literature) circle, circular (principle for composing works of art so that their end is equal or similar to their beginning)


drakons

drakons (nominative singular)
drakoni (nominative plural)
drakona (genitive singular)
drakonu (genitive plural)
drakonam (dative singular)
drakoniem (dative plural)
drakonu (accusative singular)
drakonus (accusative plural)
drakonu (instrumental singular)
drakoniem (instrumental plural)
drakonā (locative singular)
drakonos (locative plural)
drakon (singular vocative)
drakoni (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”).

der

drakons ir klasisks tetovējums, vienlīdz populārs gan vīriešiem, gan sievietēm

the dragon is a classic tattoo, equally popular with men and with women

(mythology) dragon, winged serpent (reptilian monster that spits fire and devours people and animals)


ģitāra

ģitāra (nominative singular)
ģitāras (nominative plural)
ģitāras (genitive singular)
ģitāru (genitive plural)
ģitārai (dative singular)
ģitārām (dative plural)
ģitāru (accusative singular)
ģitāras (accusative plural)
ģitāru (instrumental singular)
ģitārām (instrumental plural)
ģitārā (locative singular)
ģitārās (locative plural)
ģitāra (singular vocative)
ģitāras (plural vocative)

sešstīgu, septiņstīgu ģitāra

spāņu ģitāra

krievu ģitāra

Havajas ģitāra

elektrisā ģitāra

ģitāras spēle

dziedāt ģitāras pavadījumā

musical instrument
musical instrument#English


dziedātājs

lv-noun

dziedātājs m (1st declension, feminine form: dziedātāja)

dziedātāja (feminine)
dziedātājs (nominative singular)
dziedātāji (nominative plural)
dziedātāja (genitive singular)
dziedātāju (genitive plural)
dziedātājam (dative singular)
dziedātājiem (dative plural)
dziedātāju (accusative singular)
dziedātājus (accusative plural)
dziedātāju (instrumental singular)
dziedātājiem (instrumental plural)
dziedātājā (locative singular)
dziedātājos (locative plural)
dziedātāj (singular vocative)
dziedātāji (plural vocative)

From dziedāt (“to sing”) + -ājs (“-er”).

dziedātāja balss

dziedātājs jeb vokālists ir mūziķis, kura mūzikas instruments ir viņa balss saites

a singer or vocalist is a musician whose musical instrument(s) are his vocal cords

(male) singer, a (male) person (or animal, especially bird) that sings


dziedonis

dziedonis m (2nd declension, feminine form: dziedone)

dziedone (feminine)
dziedonis (nominative singular)
dziedoņi (nominative plural)
dziedoņa (genitive singular)
dziedoņu (genitive plural)
dziedonim (dative singular)
dziedoņiem (dative plural)
dziedoni (accusative singular)
dziedoņus (accusative plural)
dziedoni (instrumental singular)
dziedoņiem (instrumental plural)
dziedonī (locative singular)
dziedoņos (locative plural)
dziedoni (singular vocative)
dziedoņi (plural vocative)

dziedoņa panākumu pamatā bija brīnumsiltais, maigais tembrs un lieliskā izpildījuma māka

the reason for the singer's success was (his) wonderfully warm, gentle timbre (= voice) and (his) superb performance skill


dziedone

dziedone f (5th declension, masculine form: dziedonis)

dziedonis (masculine)
dziedone (nominative singular)
dziedones (nominative plural)
dziedones (genitive singular)
dziedoņu (genitive plural)
dziedonei (dative singular)
dziedonēm (dative plural)
dziedoni (accusative singular)
dziedones (accusative plural)
dziedoni (instrumental singular)
dziedonēm (instrumental plural)
dziedonē (locative singular)
dziedonēs (locative plural)
dziedone (singular vocative)
dziedones (plural vocative)

From dzied(āt) (“to sing”) + -one, or dziedonis (“singer”) + -e (“fem.”).

dziedones priekšnesumā dzirdam patiesu dvēseles drāmas atklāsmi

in the (female) singer's performance we hear a true revelation of the drama of the soul


dziedātāja

dziedātāja f (4th declension, masculine form: dziedātājs)

dziedātājs (masculine)
dziedātāja (nominative singular)
dziedātājas (nominative plural)
dziedātājas (genitive singular)
dziedātāju (genitive plural)
dziedātājai (dative singular)
dziedātājām (dative plural)
dziedātāju (accusative singular)
dziedātājas (accusative plural)
dziedātāju (instrumental singular)
dziedātājām (instrumental plural)
dziedātājā (locative singular)
dziedātājās (locative plural)
dziedātāja (singular vocative)
dziedātājas (plural vocative)

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From dziedāt (“to sing”) + -āja (“-er”), or dziedātājs (“singer”) + -a (“fem.”).

dziedātājas balss

māte mani rātin rāja, / ka es liela dziedātāja / ko, māmiņa, es darīšu, / ja es jauna nedziedāšu?

my mother scolded me / (saying) that I am a great female singer / (but) what, mommy, will I do, / if I won't (= can't) sing again?

(female) singer, (female) person who sings


zemlikas

zemlikas (nominative plural)
zemliku (genitive plural)
zemlikām (dative plural)
zemlikas (accusative plural)
zemlikām (instrumental plural)
zemlikās (locative plural)
zemlikas (plural vocative)

zemliku laiks

zemliku nakts

(mythology, usually in the plural) food offerings to the spirits of the dead; also the time of the year when these offerings should be made


veļi

veļi (nominative plural)
veļu (genitive plural)
veļiem (dative plural)
veļus (accusative plural)
veļiem (instrumental plural)
veļos (locative plural)
veļi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *welias, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“tear; pluck; rob; hurt; kill”).
Cognates include Lithuanian vẽlės, vė̃lės (singular vėlė̃, velė̃; compare also veliónis (“dead”)), Proto-Germanic *walaz (“dead”) (Old Norse valr (“fallen in the battlefield”), Valhǫll (“abode of fallen warriors”), valkyrja (“Valkyrie”) (i.e., those who led the dead warriors to Odin), Old High German wal (“battlefield”)), Tocharian A wäl (“to die”), walu (“dead one”).

cog

veļu valstība, valsts

veļu kults

veļu laiks

time of the dead (time in October when the dead return to visit their descendants)

aiziet veļos

(mythology, poetic, usually in the plural) soul of the dead; ghost


veļu māte

veļu māte (nominative singular)
veļu mātes (nominative plural)
veļu mātes (genitive singular)
veļu māšu (genitive plural)
veļu mātei (dative singular)
veļu mātēm (dative plural)
veļu māti (accusative singular)
veļu mātes (accusative plural)
veļu māti (instrumental singular)
veļu mātēm (instrumental plural)
veļu mātē (locative singular)
veļu mātēs (locative plural)
veļu māte (singular vocative)
veļu mātes (plural vocative)

es redzēju veļu māti pa vārtiem ienākot

I saw the mother of the dead coming by the gate

(mythology) Latvian mythological being, usually with the form of an old woman, who guards the souls of the dead


Merkurs

Merkurs (nominative singular)
Merkura (genitive singular)
Merkuram (dative singular)
Merkuru (accusative singular)
Merkuru (instrumental singular)
Merkurā (locative singular)
Merkur (singular vocative)

From Latin Mercurius, possibly derived from merx (“merchandise”), or perhaps from an Etruscan source that was influenced by merx.

(Roman mythology) Mercury (Roman god associated with speed)


Jupiters

Jupiters (nominative singular)
Jupitera (genitive singular)
Jupiteram (dative singular)
Jupiteru (accusative singular)
Jupiteru (instrumental singular)
Jupiterā (locative singular)
Jupiter (singular vocative)

From Latin Iuppiter (“father Jove”), originally a vocative cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter, “o father Zeus”).

lv:Jupiters (mitoloģija)
lv:Jupiters (planēta)

(Roman mythology) Jupiter (the king of the Roman gods, also called Jove)


Saturns

Saturns (nominative singular)
Saturna (genitive singular)
Saturnam (dative singular)
Saturnu (accusative singular)
Saturnu (instrumental singular)
Saturnā (locative singular)
Saturn (singular vocative)

From Latin Saturnus, probably of Etruscan origin, plausibly influenced by Latin satus, past participle of serere (“to sow”).

(Roman mythology) Saturn (the Roman god of agriculture, wealth, and time)


Urāns

Urāns (nominative singular)
Urāna (genitive singular)
Urānam (dative singular)
Urānu (accusative singular)
Urānu (instrumental singular)
Urānā (locative singular)
Urān (singular vocative)

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós, “Uranus (the god)”), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).

uder

(Greek mythology) Uranus (the god of the sky and heavens, son and husband to Gaia, with whom he fathered the Titans and the cyclops)


Neptūns

Neptūns (nominative singular)
Neptūna (genitive singular)
Neptūnam (dative singular)
Neptūnu (accusative singular)
Neptūnu (instrumental singular)
Neptūnā (locative singular)
Neptūn (singular vocative)

(Roman mythology) Neptune (the Roman god of the ocean and of earthquakes)


aizsaule

aizsaule (nominative singular)
aizsaules (genitive singular)
aizsaulei (dative singular)
aizsauli (accusative singular)
aizsauli (instrumental singular)
aizsaulē (locative singular)
aizsaule (singular vocative)

From aiz- (“behind; beyond”) + saule (“sun, world”).

prefix

aiziet aizsaulē

(mythology) beyond, underworld (the subterranean realm of the dead)


ievads

ievads (nominative singular)
ievadi (nominative plural)
ievada (genitive singular)
ievadu (genitive plural)
ievadam (dative singular)
ievadiem (dative plural)
ievadu (accusative singular)
ievadus (accusative plural)
ievadu (instrumental singular)
ievadiem (instrumental plural)
ievadā (locative singular)
ievados (locative plural)
ievad (singular vocative)
ievadi (plural vocative)

From ie- (“into”) + vads (“taking, leading”) (compare German Ein-führung, Latin intrō-ductīō, Russian в-веде́ние (v-vedénije), Greek εισ-αγωγή (eis-agogí), etc.).

simfonijas, operas ievads

(music) introduction (initial phase that introduces the main musical piece or theme)


reģistrs

reģistrs (nominative singular)
reģistri (nominative plural)
reģistra (genitive singular)
reģistru (genitive plural)
reģistram (dative singular)
reģistriem (dative plural)
reģistru (accusative singular)
reģistrus (accusative plural)
reģistru (instrumental singular)
reģistriem (instrumental plural)
reģistrā (locative singular)
reģistros (locative plural)
reģistr (singular vocative)
reģistri (plural vocative)

Via some other European language) (probably German; compare Register), from Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded”), from Latin regerō (“I record, carry back”), from re- + gerō (“I carry, bear”).

der

zema, augsta reģistra balss

(music) register (range (of voice, musical instrument, etc.) with fixed height, timbre, intensity)

akordeons ar pieciem reģistriem

(music) register (different settings for height, timbre, or intensity in a musical instrument)


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)


mēsli

mēsli (nominative plural)
mēslu (genitive plural)
mēsliem (dative plural)
mēslus (accusative plural)
mēsliem (instrumental plural)
mēslos (locative plural)
mēsli (plural vocative)

From mēzt (“to remove with shovel, to clean with shovel”). Cognates include Lithuanian mė́šlas, plural mėšlaĩ.

mēslu dakšas

mēslu rati

mēslu krātuve

mēslu sūknis

mēslu kaudze

ārdīt mēslus

kraut mēslus vezumā

vest mēslus uz tīrumu


minerālmēsli

minerālmēsli (nominative plural)
minerālmēslu (genitive plural)
minerālmēsliem (dative plural)
minerālmēslus (accusative plural)
minerālmēsliem (instrumental plural)
minerālmēslos (locative plural)
minerālmēsli (plural vocative)

From minerāls (“mineral”) + mēsli (“excrement”).

compound

slāpekļa minerālmēsli

minerālmēslu deva

kompleksie minerālmēslu

complex fertilizers (with more than one nutrient)

fertilizer (mineral nutrients necessary for plants)


viesistaba

viesistaba (nominative singular)
viesistabas (nominative plural)
viesistabas (genitive singular)
viesistabu (genitive plural)
viesistabai (dative singular)
viesistabām (dative plural)
viesistabu (accusative singular)
viesistabas (accusative plural)
viesistabu (instrumental singular)
viesistabām (instrumental plural)
viesistabā (locative singular)
viesistabās (locative plural)
viesistaba (singular vocative)
viesistabas (plural vocative)

From viesu (“guest[gen.]”) + istaba (“room”).

dzīvokļa viesistabā viss sagatavots ciemiņu uzņemšanai

in the aparment's living room all was ready to receive the guests

living room, sitting room (room in a house where guests and visitors are received and entertained)


dzīvojamā istaba

dzīvojamā istaba (nominative singular)
dzīvojamās istabas (nominative plural)
dzīvojamās istabas (genitive singular)
dzīvojamo istabu (genitive plural)
dzīvojamajai istabai (dative singular)
dzīvojamajām istabām (dative plural)
dzīvojamo istabu (accusative singular)
dzīvojamās istabas (accusative plural)
dzīvojamo istabu (instrumental singular)
dzīvojamajām istabām (instrumental plural)
dzīvojamajā istabā (locative singular)
dzīvojamajās istabās (locative plural)
dzīvojamo istaba (singular vocative)
dzīvojamā istaba (singular vocative)
dzīvojamās istabas (plural vocative)

dzīvojamā istaba ir mājas galvenā telpa

the living room is the house's main room

living room, sitting-room; synonym of viesistaba


istaba

istaba (nominative singular)
istabas (nominative plural)
istabas (genitive singular)
istabu (genitive plural)
istabai (dative singular)
istabām (dative plural)
istabu (accusative singular)
istabas (accusative plural)
istabu (instrumental singular)
istabām (instrumental plural)
istabā (locative singular)
istabās (locative plural)
istaba (singular vocative)
istabas (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old East Slavic истъба (istŭba, “house, bathhouse”) (cf. Proto-Slavic *jьstъba, Old Church Slavonic истъба (istŭba), Russian изба (izba, “peasant house”)), itself a borrowing from either Latin stuba (“room”) (Spanish estufa (“heating stove”), Portuguese estufa (“greenhouse”), French étuve (“drying oven”)) or its borrowed counterpart in Proto-Germanic, *stuba “(heated) room” (compare German Stube (“room”), English stove). The word was borrowed into Latvian before the 13th century, but its first mention is in 17th-century dictionaries (together with parallel forms ustuba, ustaba, apparently formed by assimilation).

bor

istaba stāvēja uz kalnā starp vecu ozolu un egli

the peasant house stood on the hill between an old oak and a spruce


virtuve

virtuve (nominative singular)
virtuves (nominative plural)
virtuves (genitive singular)
virtuvju (genitive plural)
virtuvei (dative singular)
virtuvēm (dative plural)
virtuvi (accusative singular)
virtuves (accusative plural)
virtuvi (instrumental singular)
virtuvēm (instrumental plural)
virtuvē (locative singular)
virtuvēs (locative plural)
virtuve (singular vocative)
virtuves (plural vocative)

From virt (“to boil[intr.]”) + -uve (“place”). A neologism, following Lithuanian virtùvė, proposed by Juris Alunāns in the mid-19th century. It became accepted in the literary language in the 1920s.

suffix

angļu, franču, ķīniešu virtuve

veģetārā virtuve

cuisine (food or cooking style, usually typical of a certain place or lifestyle)