mačka

mačka (nominative singular)
mačkas (nominative plural)
mačku (accusative singular)
mačkas (accusative plural)
mačkas (genitive singular)
mačku (genitive plural)
mačkai (dative singular)
mačkām (dative plural)
mačku (instrumental singular)
mačkām (instrumental plural)
mačkā (locative singular)
mačkās (locative plural)
mačka (singular vocative)
mačkas (plural vocative)


students

lv-noun

students m (1st declension, feminine form: studente)

studente (feminine)
students (nominative singular)
studenti (nominative plural)
studentu (accusative singular)
studentus (accusative plural)
studenta (genitive singular)
studentu (genitive plural)
studentam (dative singular)
studentiem (dative plural)
studentu (instrumental singular)
studentiem (instrumental plural)
studentā (locative singular)
studentos (locative plural)
student (singular vocative)
studenti (plural vocative)

student (a person studying at a higher, less often secondary, education institution)


aborts

aborts (nominative singular)
aborti (nominative plural)
abortu (accusative singular)
abortus (accusative plural)
aborta (genitive singular)
abortu (genitive plural)
abortam (dative singular)
abortiem (dative plural)
abortu (instrumental singular)
abortiem (instrumental plural)
abortā (locative singular)
abortos (locative plural)
abort (singular vocative)
aborti (plural vocative)

ārsts atteicās veikt abortu

the doctor refused to perform the abortion

(medicine) abortion (premature termination of pregnancy before the full 22 weeks, spontaneous or artificial)

(veterinary medicine) abortion (premature natural termination or artificial termination of pregnancy in animals)


brunets

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brunets (definite brunetais, comparative brunetāks, superlative visbrunetākais, adverb bruneti)

brunetais (definite)
brunetāks (comparative)
visbrunetākais (superlative)
bruneti (adverb)
brunets (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
bruneti (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
bruneta (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
brunetas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
brunetu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
brunetus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
brunetu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
brunetas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
bruneta (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
brunetu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
brunetas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
brunetu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
brunetam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
brunetiem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
brunetai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
brunetām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
brunetu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
brunetiem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
brunetu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
brunetām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
brunetā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
brunetos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
brunetā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
brunetās (feminine indefinite locative plural)


brunets

lv-noun

brunets m (1st declension, feminine form: brunete)

brunete (feminine)
brunets (nominative singular)
bruneti (nominative plural)
brunetu (accusative singular)
brunetus (accusative plural)
bruneta (genitive singular)
brunetu (genitive plural)
brunetam (dative singular)
brunetiem (dative plural)
brunetu (instrumental singular)
brunetiem (instrumental plural)
brunetā (locative singular)
brunetos (locative plural)
brunet (singular vocative)
bruneti (plural vocative)


brālis

brālis (nominative singular)
brāļi (nominative plural)
brāli (accusative singular)
brāļus (accusative plural)
brāļa (genitive singular)
brāļu (genitive plural)
brālim (dative singular)
brāļiem (dative 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)


māte

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”), where the initial *ma, *meh₂ may have originally been a child's call or nursery word.
Cognates include Lithuanian mótė (“woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother”), móteris (“woman”), mótina (“mother”), Old Prussian mūti, muti, mothe, Sudovian ate (< *māte), Proto-Slavic *mati (Russian мать (matʹ), Belarusian маць (macʹ), Ukrainian ма́ти (máty), Bulgarian ма́ти (máti), ма́тер (máter), Czech máti, archaic Polish mać), Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (Old Saxon mōdar, Old English mōdor, English mother, Old Norse móðir, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr), Doric μάτηρ (mátēr), Latin māter.

cog

briežu, vilku, lāču māte

bišu māte

female individual of some animal species


vīrs

vīrs (nominative singular)
vīri (nominative plural)
vīru (accusative singular)
vīrus (accusative plural)
vīra (genitive singular)
vīru (genitive plural)
vīram (dative singular)
vīriem (dative 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.

pusmūža vīrs

stalts vīrs

omulīgs vīrs

lāga vīrs

spēka vīrs

goda vīrs

īsts vīrs

vīru koris, vīriešu koris


sieviete

sieviete (nominative singular)
sievietes (nominative plural)
sievieti (accusative singular)
sievietes (accusative plural)
sievietes (genitive singular)
sieviešu (genitive plural)
sievietei (dative singular)
sievietēm (dative plural)
sievieti (instrumental singular)
sievietēm (instrumental plural)
sievietē (locative singular)
sievietēs (locative plural)
sieviete (singular vocative)
sievietes (plural vocative)

From sieva (“wife, woman”) + -iete. First attested in the 19th century, apparently coined by analogy with vīrietis (“man”) (compare an original variant sievietis) as sieva gradually shifted its basic meaning to “wife”.

sieviešu dzimte

jauna, veca sievete

neprecējusies sieviete

sieviešu koris

sievietes higinēa

sieviešu jautājumi

sieviešu kustība


dzimums

dzimums (nominative singular)
dzimumi (nominative plural)
dzimumu (accusative singular)
dzimumus (accusative plural)
dzimuma (genitive singular)
dzimumu (genitive plural)
dzimumam (dative singular)
dzimumiem (dative plural)
dzimumu (instrumental singular)
dzimumiem (instrumental plural)
dzimumā (locative singular)
dzimumos (locative plural)
dzimum (singular vocative)
dzimumi (plural vocative)

From dzimt (“be born”) + -ums. Cognates include Lithuanian gimimas and giminė. Related to ģimene (“family”).


meitene

meitene (nominative singular)
meitenes (nominative plural)
meiteni (accusative singular)
meitenes (accusative plural)
meitenes (genitive singular)
meiteņu (genitive plural)
meitenei (dative singular)
meitenēm (dative plural)
meiteni (instrumental singular)
meitenēm (instrumental plural)
meitenē (locative singular)
meitenēs (locative plural)
meitene (singular vocative)
meitenes (plural vocative)

zēns

antonym(s) of “of "young, unmarried woman"”

From meita (“daughter, girl”) + -ene. First attested in 18th-century sources, at first only as “little girl,” later on also as “young woman.”

čakla meitene

meiteņu skola

meiteņu koris

meitene ar bizītēm

meiteņu apģērbi

rotaļās gāja zēni un meitenes

dūšīga sieva ar trim meitenēm, vecumā no desmit līdz četrpadsmit gadiem

a robust woman with three girls, aged from ten to fourteen years

girl (female child, up to approximately 18 years of age)


zēns

zēns (nominative singular)
zēni (nominative plural)
zēnu (accusative singular)
zēnus (accusative plural)
zēna (genitive singular)
zēnu (genitive plural)
zēnam (dative singular)
zēniem (dative plural)
zēnu (instrumental singular)
zēniem (instrumental plural)
zēnā (locative singular)
zēnos (locative plural)
zēn (singular vocative)
zēni (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle High German söhn (“son”) (sȫne); cf. Sohn (“son”). The e is the nearest vowel to ö in Latvian; the length probably results from the influence of dēls (“son”). In an 18th-century dictionary, zēns is mentioned as “rarely used,” and only in the area around Riga and in Courland; in the 19th century, the word was still mostly used in Courland, but had already entered the literary language, as a synonym of puisis.

zēnu koris

zēnu apģērbi

zēnu rotaļas

zēnu nedarbi

zēnu skola

zēnu istaba

the boys' room (restroom, especially at school)

Haris ir zēns, viņam vēl tālu līdz lielam cilvēkam, viņš daudz nesaprot

Haris is a boy, he has a long way to go to become a grown-up, he doesn't understand much

boy (a male child, approximately until 11 years of age)

meitenei bija savs zēns

no tās reizes, kad Jautrīte Raiņa vidusskolas sarīkojumā iepazinās ar Guntaru, daži sāka sačukstēties, ka Guntars esot Jautrītes zēns

from that time when Jautrīte met Guntars at the event in the Rainis middle school, some (people) started to whisper that Guntars was Jautrīte's boy (= boyfriend)

boy, boyfriend (a young man in whom a woman is romantically interested)

viņš ir lāga zēns

tēvocis patiešām bija zelta zēns

vecais zēns

old boy! (used to show familiarity, friendship)

(usually with an adjective or adjectival expression) boy, guy (a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality)


mātīte

mātīte (nominative singular)
mātītes (nominative plural)
mātīti (accusative singular)
mātītes (accusative plural)
mātītes (genitive singular)
mātīšu (genitive plural)
mātītei (dative singular)
mātītēm (dative plural)
mātīti (instrumental singular)
mātītēm (instrumental plural)
mātītē (locative singular)
mātītēs (locative plural)
mātīte (singular vocative)
mātītes (plural vocative)

zosu mātīte

pīļu mātīte

zaķu mātīte

vaislas mātītes


tēviņš

tēviņš (nominative singular)
tēviņi (nominative plural)
tēviņu (accusative singular)
tēviņus (accusative plural)
tēviņa (genitive singular)
tēviņu (genitive plural)
tēviņam (dative singular)
tēviņiem (dative plural)
tēviņu (instrumental singular)
tēviņiem (instrumental plural)
tēviņā (locative singular)
tēviņos (locative plural)
tēviņ (singular vocative)
tēviņi (plural vocative)

From tēvs (“father”) + -iņš (“dim.”). At first a diminutive of “father” (uses as a term of endearment are attested in older texts); now only tētiņš can be used in this sense.

aitu tēviņš

pīļu tēviņš

bišu tēviņi

atšķirības starp tēviņiem un mātītēm


socioloģe

lv-noun

socioloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: sociologs)

sociologs (masculine)
socioloģe (nominative singular)
socioloģes (nominative plural)
socioloģi (accusative singular)
socioloģes (accusative plural)
socioloģes (genitive singular)
socioloģu (genitive plural)
socioloģei (dative singular)
socioloģēm (dative plural)
socioloģi (instrumental singular)
socioloģēm (instrumental plural)
socioloģē (locative singular)
socioloģēs (locative plural)
socioloģe (singular vocative)
socioloģes (plural vocative)

From sociologs (“sociologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) sociologist (a specialist in sociology)


sociologs

sociologs m (1st declension, feminine form: socioloģe)

socioloģe (feminine)
sociologs (nominative singular)
sociologi (nominative plural)
sociologu (accusative singular)
sociologus (accusative plural)
sociologa (genitive singular)
sociologu (genitive plural)
sociologam (dative singular)
sociologiem (dative plural)
sociologu (instrumental singular)
sociologiem (instrumental plural)
sociologā (locative singular)
sociologos (locative plural)
sociolog (singular vocative)
sociologi (plural vocative)

sociologu pētījumi

(male) sociologist (a specialist in sociology)


socioloģija

socioloģija (nominative singular)
socioloģiju (accusative singular)
socioloģijas (genitive singular)
socioloģijai (dative singular)
socioloģiju (instrumental singular)
socioloģijā (locative singular)
socioloģija (singular vocative)

From French sociologie, a term coined by Auguste Comte in 1834, from the Latin stem socius (“associated with”), found in societas (“society”), and Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, study”), with the suffix -ia (Latvian -ija).

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jaunatnes socioloģija

ģimenes socioloģija

personības socioloģija

mākslas socioloģija

darba, ražošanas socioloģija

izglītības socioloģija

sociology (science that studies the patterns according to which human societies and their components develop and function)


socioloģisks

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socioloģisks (definite socioloģiskais, comparative socioloģiskāks, superlative vissocioloģiskākais, adverb socioloģiski)

socioloģiskais (definite)
socioloģiskāks (comparative)
vissocioloģiskākais (superlative)
socioloģiski (adverb)
socioloģisks (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
socioloģiski (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
socioloģiska (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
socioloģiskas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
socioloģisku (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
socioloģiskus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
socioloģisku (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
socioloģiskas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
socioloģiska (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
socioloģisku (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
socioloģiskas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
socioloģisku (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
socioloģiskam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
socioloģiskiem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
socioloģiskai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
socioloģiskām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
socioloģisku (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
socioloģiskiem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
socioloģisku (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
socioloģiskām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
socioloģiskā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
socioloģiskos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
socioloģiskā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
socioloģiskās (feminine indefinite locative plural)

From socioloģija (“sociology”) + -isks. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from another European language.

socioloģiskās pētīšanas metodes

socioloģisko pētījumu institūts


akustiķis

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akustiķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: akustiķe)

akustiķe (feminine)
akustiķis (nominative singular)
akustiķi (nominative plural)
akustiķi (accusative singular)
akustiķus (accusative plural)
akustiķa (genitive singular)
akustiķu (genitive plural)
akustiķim (dative singular)
akustiķiem (dative plural)
akustiķi (instrumental singular)
akustiķiem (instrumental plural)
akustiķī (locative singular)
akustiķos (locative plural)
akustiķi (singular vocative)
akustiķi (plural vocative)

Latvijas akustiķu apvienība


grūtniecība

grūtniecība (nominative singular)
grūtniecību (accusative singular)
grūtniecības (genitive singular)
grūtniecībai (dative singular)
grūtniecību (instrumental singular)
grūtniecībā (locative singular)
grūtniecība (singular vocative)

[ɡɾūːtnìɛtsīːba]

From grūtniece (“pregnant woman”) + -ība.

grūtniecības stāvoklis

state of pregnancy (= of being pregnant)

grūtniecības un dzemdību atvaļinājums

maternity leave (lit. pregnancy and birth leave)

grūtniecības norise

sākot no 16. grūtniecības nedēļas, dzirdami augļa sirds toņi

beginning with the 16th week of pregnancy, the heartbeat becomes audible

grūtniecības pārtraukšanos līdz tās 28. nedēļai sauc par spontānu abortu

an interruption of pregnancy until its 28th week is called a spontaneous abortion

pregnancy (the state of one who is pregnant; the corresponding process)


grūtniece

grūtniece (nominative singular)
grūtnieces (nominative plural)
grūtnieci (accusative singular)
grūtnieces (accusative plural)
grūtnieces (genitive singular)
grūtnieču (genitive plural)
grūtniecei (dative singular)
grūtniecēm (dative plural)
grūtnieci (instrumental singular)
grūtniecēm (instrumental plural)
grūtniecē (locative singular)
grūtniecēs (locative plural)
grūtniece (singular vocative)
grūtnieces (plural vocative)

From grūts (“heavy; pregnant”) + -niece. The masculine form, technically *grūtnieks, apparently does not really exist.

rūpes par grūtnieci tajā pašā laikā ir arī rūpes par topošā bērna veselību

care for the pregnant woman is at the same time also care for the health of the future child

vielmaiņas procesus regulē grūtnieces organisms savstarpējā sakarībā ar augļa organismu

the pregnant woman's organism regulates the metabolical processes in mutual relation with the organism of the fetus


vīrietis

vīrietis (nominative singular)
vīrieši (nominative plural)
vīrieti (accusative singular)
vīriešus (accusative plural)
vīrieša (genitive singular)
vīriešu (genitive plural)
vīrietim (dative singular)
vīriešiem (dative plural)
vīrieti (instrumental singular)
vīriešiem (instrumental plural)
vīrietī (locative singular)
vīriešos (locative plural)
vīrieti (singular vocative)
vīrieši (plural vocative)

jauns, vecs vīrietis

precējies vīrietis

glīts vīrietis

vīriešu modes

vīriešu kurpes

kļūt par īstu vīrieti


grūsns

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grūsns (definite grūsnais, adverb grūsni)

grūsnais (definite)
grūsni (adverb)
grūsns (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
grūsni (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
grūsna (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
grūsnas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
grūsnu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
grūsnus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
grūsnu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
grūsnas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
grūsna (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
grūsnu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
grūsnas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
grūsnu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
grūsnam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
grūsniem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
grūsnai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
grūsnām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
grūsnu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
grūsniem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
grūsnu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
grūsnām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
grūsnā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
grūsnos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
grūsnā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
grūsnās (feminine indefinite locative plural)

From the same stem as grūts (“heavy, difficult”) (q.v.): *grūt-sna-s > *grūsnas > grūsns. The original meaning was probably “heavy,” from which “pregnant” (cf. Latin gravidus (“heavy; pregnant”)).

grūsna govs, aita

grūsnas cūkas


mirušais

lv-noun

mirušais m (adj declension, feminine form: mirusī)

declension (adjective)
mirusī (feminine)


grūts

head

grūts (definite grūtais, comparative grūtāks, superlative visgrūtākais, adverb grūti)

grūtais (definite)
grūtāks (comparative)
visgrūtākais (superlative)
grūti (adverb)
grūts (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
grūti (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
grūta (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
grūtas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
grūtu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
grūtus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
grūtu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
grūtas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
grūta (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
grūtu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
grūtas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
grūtu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
grūtam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
grūtiem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
grūtai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
grūtām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
grūtu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
grūtiem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
grūtu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
grūtām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
grūtā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
grūtos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
grūtā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
grūtās (feminine indefinite locative plural)

From Proto-Baltic *grūtas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷru-to-s, from the stem *gʷréh₂us. Cognates include Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐍃 (kaurjōs) (plural), Sanskrit गुरुः (gurúḥ), Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús) (< *gʷerù-), Latin brūtus (< *gʷru-), gravis (< *gʷrəu-).

grūti pārdzīvojumi

grūtas nopūtas

ar grūtu, smagu sirdi

with a heavy heart (= in a sad, depressed mood)

tikai pēc laba brīža Līzbete attapās no grūtām, grūtām domām un izdvesa gari stieptā nopūtā

only after a good (= long) moment Līzbete recovered from her difficult, hard thoughts and let out a long sigh

difficult, hard, tough, heavy (causing or expressing suffering, emotional distress)


skuķēns

skuķēns (nominative singular)
skuķēni (nominative plural)
skuķēnu (accusative singular)
skuķēnus (accusative plural)
skuķēna (genitive singular)
skuķēnu (genitive plural)
skuķēnam (dative singular)
skuķēniem (dative plural)
skuķēnu (instrumental singular)
skuķēniem (instrumental plural)
skuķēnā (locative singular)
skuķēnos (locative plural)
skuķēn (singular vocative)
skuķēni (plural vocative)

From skuķis (“girl, young woman”) + -ēns.

Ingūna vēl nevarēja lepoties ar briedumu, kas meitenes atšķir no skuķēniem

Ingūna could not yet boast of maturity, that which distinguishes young women from little girls

sīks skuķēns, tāds kā pelēks griezes bērns, tecēja pa celiņu

a little girl, just like a baby gray corncrake, ran through the passage


puisēns

puisēns (nominative singular)
puisēni (nominative plural)
puisēnu (accusative singular)
puisēnus (accusative plural)
puisēna (genitive singular)
puisēnu (genitive plural)
puisēnam (dative singular)
puisēniem (dative plural)
puisēnu (instrumental singular)
puisēniem (instrumental plural)
puisēnā (locative singular)
puisēnos (locative plural)
puisēn (singular vocative)
puisēni (plural vocative)

sešus gadus vecs puisēns

brīnišķīgs puisēns ieradās pasaulē jau pirmajā laulības gadā

a wonderful little boy came to the world already in the first year of (their) marriage

māte neatbildēja; zinātkārīgā puisēna jautājums varbūt viņai bija par grūtu

the mother didn't answer; the curious little boy's question was perhaps too hard for her


puisītis

puisītis (nominative singular)
puisīši (nominative plural)
puisīti (accusative singular)
puisīšus (accusative plural)
puisīša (genitive singular)
puisīšu (genitive plural)
puisītim (dative singular)
puisīšiem (dative plural)
puisīti (instrumental singular)
puisīšiem (instrumental plural)
puisītī (locative singular)
puisīšos (locative plural)
puisīt (singular vocative)
puisīši (plural vocative)

From puisis (“young man, boy”) + -ītis (“dim.”).

suffix

puisītis vai meitenīte?

is it a little boy or a little girl? (asked to a pregnant woman)

dziesma par mazo puisīti

Rīgas Dzemdību namā šogad pirmais piedzimis puisītis

the first little boy born this year in the Maternity Hospital of Riga


jauneklis

jauneklis (nominative singular)
jaunekļi (nominative plural)
jaunekli (accusative singular)
jaunekļus (accusative plural)
jaunekļa (genitive singular)
jaunekļu (genitive plural)
jauneklim (dative singular)
jaunekļiem (dative plural)
jaunekli (instrumental singular)
jaunekļiem (instrumental plural)
jauneklī (locative singular)
jaunekļos (locative plural)
jaunekli (singular vocative)
jaunekļi (plural vocative)

From jauns (“new, young”) + -eklis. Originally probably *jauniklis, with i > e probably under the influence of words like māceklis (“apprentice”). The original meaning was probably wider, including young animals (as is still the case in some dialects).

deviņpadsmit gadus vecs būdams, viņš nebija nedz labāks, nedz sliktāks par lielāko daļu no mūsu jaunekļiem

being nineteen years old, he was neither better nor worse than most of our young men

pusaudži kļuva par jaunekļiem, jaunekļi nobrieda par vīriem... dzīvības koks suloja mūžam zaļš

adolescents become young men, young men mature into men... the tree of life exuding always green (juice)


meitenīte

meitenīte (nominative singular)
meitenītes (nominative plural)
meitenīti (accusative singular)
meitenītes (accusative plural)
meitenītes (genitive singular)
meitenīšu (genitive plural)
meitenītei (dative singular)
meitenītēm (dative plural)
meitenīti (instrumental singular)
meitenītēm (instrumental plural)
meitenītē (locative singular)
meitenītēs (locative plural)
meitenīte (singular vocative)
meitenītes (plural vocative)

From meitene (“girl”) + -īte (“dim.”) (with meitene from meita (“daughter, girl”) + -ene).

puisītis vai meitenīte?

šai aukstumā un tumsā pa ielu gāja maza, nabadzīga meitenīte kailu galvu un basām kājām

in this cold and darkness there went by the road a small, poor little girl, bareheaded and barefoot


puisis

puisis (nominative singular)
puiši (nominative plural)
puisi (accusative singular)
puišus (accusative plural)
puiša (genitive singular)
puišu (genitive plural)
puisim (dative singular)
puišiem (dative plural)
puisi (instrumental singular)
puišiem (instrumental plural)
puisī (locative singular)
puišos (locative plural)
puisi (singular vocative)
puiši (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Livonian pȯis (“little child”) (cf. also Estonian poiss, Finnish dialectal poissi), the diminutive of pūoga (“son, child”). From the same term also puika was borrowed (q.v.). Apparently, puisis is older than puika, since it is already mentioned in 17th-century sources, and occurs in 16th-century family names.

puiša dienas

young man's days (i.e., before marriage)

palikt, dzīvot puisī

to remain, to live as (lit. in) a young man (= unmarried)

vasarā klēts bija jauniešu - puišu un meitu - iemīļota satikšanās vieta

in summer the barn was the favorite meeting place of young people - boys and girls

un nākotne nu bija tāda, ka Ilga precēsies ar šo puisi

and the future was now such that Ilga (had) married this young man


zeņķis

zeņķis (nominative singular)
zeņķi (nominative plural)
zeņķi (accusative singular)
zeņķus (accusative plural)
zeņķa (genitive singular)
zeņķu (genitive plural)
zeņķim (dative singular)
zeņķiem (dative plural)
zeņķi (instrumental singular)
zeņķiem (instrumental plural)
zeņķī (locative singular)
zeņķos (locative plural)
zeņķi (singular vocative)
zeņķi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle Low German sönke (“son (dim.”) (also sänke), borrowed in parallel to zēns from the non-diminutive form söhn, sȫne.

tos zeņķus gan tu, Matīs, esi pagalam nomocījis

those guys, Matīs, you have really harassed them


pacients

lv-noun

pacients m (1st declension, feminine form: paciente)

paciente (feminine)
pacients (nominative singular)
pacienti (nominative plural)
pacientu (accusative singular)
pacientus (accusative plural)
pacienta (genitive singular)
pacientu (genitive plural)
pacientam (dative singular)
pacientiem (dative plural)
pacientu (instrumental singular)
pacientiem (instrumental plural)
pacientā (locative singular)
pacientos (locative plural)
pacient (singular vocative)
pacienti (plural vocative)


ķeizargrieziens

ķeizargrieziens (nominative singular)
ķeizargriezieni (nominative plural)
ķeizargriezienu (accusative singular)
ķeizargriezienus (accusative plural)
ķeizargrieziena (genitive singular)
ķeizargriezienu (genitive plural)
ķeizargriezienam (dative singular)
ķeizargriezieniem (dative plural)
ķeizargriezienu (instrumental singular)
ķeizargriezieniem (instrumental plural)
ķeizargriezienā (locative singular)
ķeizargriezienos (locative plural)
ķeizargriezien (singular vocative)
ķeizargriezieni (plural vocative)


čempions

čempions m (1st declension, feminine form: čempione)

čempione (feminine)
čempions (nominative singular)
čempioni (nominative plural)
čempionu (accusative singular)
čempionus (accusative plural)
čempiona (genitive singular)
čempionu (genitive plural)
čempionam (dative singular)
čempioniem (dative plural)
čempionu (instrumental singular)
čempioniem (instrumental plural)
čempionā (locative singular)
čempionos (locative plural)
čempion (singular vocative)
čempioni (plural vocative)


brāļameita

brāļameita (nominative singular)
brāļameitas (nominative plural)
brāļameitu (accusative singular)
brāļameitas (accusative plural)
brāļameitas (genitive singular)
brāļameitu (genitive plural)
brāļameitai (dative singular)
brāļameitām (dative plural)
brāļameitu (instrumental singular)
brāļameitām (instrumental plural)
brāļameitā (locative singular)
brāļameitās (locative plural)
brāļameit (singular vocative)
brāļameitas (plural vocative)


adaptācija

adaptācija (nominative singular)
adaptācijas (nominative plural)
adaptāciju (accusative singular)
adaptācijas (accusative plural)
adaptācijas (genitive singular)
adaptāciju (genitive plural)
adaptācijai (dative singular)
adaptācijām (dative plural)
adaptāciju (instrumental singular)
adaptācijām (instrumental plural)
adaptācijā (locative singular)
adaptācijās (locative plural)
adaptācija (singular vocative)
adaptācijas (plural vocative)

(sociology) socialization (active adaptation of an individual or social group to social requirements, moral laws, etc.)


menstruācija

menstruācija (nominative singular)
menstruācijas (nominative plural)
menstruāciju (accusative singular)
menstruācijas (accusative plural)
menstruācijas (genitive singular)
menstruāciju (genitive plural)
menstruācijai (dative singular)
menstruācijām (dative plural)
menstruāciju (instrumental singular)
menstruācijām (instrumental plural)
menstruācijā (locative singular)
menstruācijās (locative plural)
menstruācija (singular vocative)
menstruācijas (plural vocative)


nelaiķis

nelaiķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: nelaiķe)

nelaiķe (feminine)
nelaiķis (nominative singular)
nelaiķi (nominative plural)
nelaiķi (accusative singular)
nelaiķus (accusative plural)
nelaiķa (genitive singular)
nelaiķu (genitive plural)
nelaiķim (dative singular)
nelaiķiem (dative plural)
nelaiķi (instrumental singular)
nelaiķiem (instrumental plural)
nelaiķī (locative singular)
nelaiķos (locative plural)
nelaiķi (singular vocative)
nelaiķi (plural vocative)

(euphemistic) dead person, deceased person; the late


zintnieks

zintnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: zintniece)

zintniece (feminine)
zintnieks (nominative singular)
zintnieki (nominative plural)
zintnieku (accusative singular)
zintniekus (accusative plural)
zintnieka (genitive singular)
zintnieku (genitive plural)
zintniekam (dative singular)
zintniekiem (dative plural)
zintnieku (instrumental singular)
zintniekiem (instrumental plural)
zintniekā (locative singular)
zintniekos (locative plural)
zintniek (singular vocative)
zintnieki (plural vocative)

From zintis (“folk knowledge”) + -nieks.


burvis

burvis m (2nd declension, feminine form: burve)

burve (feminine)
burvis (nominative singular)
burvji (nominative plural)
burvi (accusative singular)
burvjus (accusative plural)
burvja (genitive singular)
burvju (genitive plural)
burvim (dative singular)
burvjiem (dative plural)
burvi (instrumental singular)
burvjiem (instrumental plural)
burvī (locative singular)
burvjos (locative plural)
burvi (singular vocative)
burvji (plural vocative)


pareģis

pareģis m (2nd declension, feminine form: pareģe)

pareģe (feminine)
pareģis (nominative singular)
pareģi (nominative plural)
pareģi (accusative singular)
pareģus (accusative plural)
pareģa (genitive singular)
pareģu (genitive plural)
pareģim (dative singular)
pareģiem (dative plural)
pareģi (instrumental singular)
pareģiem (instrumental plural)
pareģī (locative singular)
pareģos (locative plural)
pareģi (singular vocative)
pareģi (plural vocative)


zinātājs

zinātājs m (1st declension, feminine form: zinātāja)

zinātāja (feminine)
zinātājs (nominative singular)
zinātāji (nominative plural)
zinātāju (accusative singular)
zinātājus (accusative plural)
zinātāja (genitive singular)
zinātāju (genitive plural)
zinātājam (dative singular)
zinātājiem (dative plural)
zinātāju (instrumental singular)
zinātājiem (instrumental plural)
zinātājā (locative singular)
zinātājos (locative plural)
zinātāj (singular vocative)
zinātāji (plural vocative)


pareģe

pareģe (nominative singular)
pareģes (nominative plural)
pareģi (accusative singular)
pareģes (accusative plural)
pareģes (genitive singular)
pareģu (genitive plural)
pareģei (dative singular)
pareģēm (dative plural)
pareģi (instrumental singular)
pareģēm (instrumental plural)
pareģē (locative singular)
pareģēs (locative plural)
pareģe (singular vocative)
pareģes (plural vocative)

fortune-teller, seer, soothsayer; female equivalent of pareģis


burve

burve (nominative singular)
burves (nominative plural)
burvi (accusative singular)
burves (accusative plural)
burves (genitive singular)
burvju (genitive plural)
burvei (dative singular)
burvēm (dative plural)
burvi (instrumental singular)
burvēm (instrumental plural)
burvē (locative singular)
burvēs (locative plural)
burve (singular vocative)
burves (plural vocative)

From burvis (“magician, sorcerer, wizard”) + -e.

af

magician, sorceress, witch; female equivalent of burvis


ziņnesis

lv-noun

ziņnesis m (2nd declension, feminine form: ziņnese)

ziņnese (feminine)
ziņnesis (nominative singular)
ziņneši (nominative plural)
ziņnesi (accusative singular)
ziņnešus (accusative plural)
ziņneša (genitive singular)
ziņnešu (genitive plural)
ziņnesim (dative singular)
ziņnešiem (dative plural)
ziņnesi (instrumental singular)
ziņnešiem (instrumental plural)
ziņnesī (locative singular)
ziņnešos (locative plural)
ziņnesi (singular vocative)
ziņneši (plural vocative)


aktīvists

aktīvists m (1st declension, feminine form: aktīviste)

aktīviste (feminine)
aktīvists (nominative singular)
aktīvisti (nominative plural)
aktīvistu (accusative singular)
aktīvistus (accusative plural)
aktīvista (genitive singular)
aktīvistu (genitive plural)
aktīvistam (dative singular)
aktīvistiem (dative plural)
aktīvistu (instrumental singular)
aktīvistiem (instrumental plural)
aktīvistā (locative singular)
aktīvistos (locative plural)
aktīvist (singular vocative)
aktīvisti (plural vocative)


atturībnieks

atturībnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: atturībniece)

atturībniece (feminine)
atturībnieks (nominative singular)
atturībnieki (nominative plural)
atturībnieku (accusative singular)
atturībniekus (accusative plural)
atturībnieka (genitive singular)
atturībnieku (genitive plural)
atturībniekam (dative singular)
atturībniekiem (dative plural)
atturībnieku (instrumental singular)
atturībniekiem (instrumental plural)
atturībniekā (locative singular)
atturībniekos (locative plural)
atturībniek (singular vocative)
atturībnieki (plural vocative)

From atturība (“reserve, aloofness; self-restraint, abstention”) + -nieks.

af

teetotaller, abstainer (person who does not drink alcohol)


nabassaite

nabassaite (nominative singular)
nabassaites (nominative plural)
nabassaiti (accusative singular)
nabassaites (accusative plural)
nabassaites (genitive singular)
nabassaišu (genitive plural)
nabassaitei (dative singular)
nabassaitēm (dative plural)
nabassaiti (instrumental singular)
nabassaitēm (instrumental plural)
nabassaitē (locative singular)
nabassaitēs (locative plural)
nabassaite (singular vocative)
nabassaites (plural vocative)


olvads

olvads (nominative singular)
olvadi (nominative plural)
olvadu (accusative singular)
olvadus (accusative plural)
olvada (genitive singular)
olvadu (genitive plural)
olvadam (dative singular)
olvadiem (dative plural)
olvadu (instrumental singular)
olvadiem (instrumental plural)
olvadā (locative singular)
olvados (locative plural)
olvad (singular vocative)
olvadi (plural vocative)


priekšdziedzeris

priekšdziedzeris (nominative singular)
priekšdziedzeri (nominative plural)
priekšdziedzeri (accusative singular)
priekšdziedzerus (accusative plural)
priekšdziedzera (genitive singular)
priekšdziedzeru (genitive plural)
priekšdziedzerim (dative singular)
priekšdziedzeriem (dative plural)
priekšdziedzeri (instrumental singular)
priekšdziedzeriem (instrumental plural)
priekšdziedzerī (locative singular)
priekšdziedzeros (locative plural)
priekšdziedzeri (singular vocative)
priekšdziedzeri (plural vocative)


oftalmologs

lv-noun

oftalmologs m (1st declension, feminine form: oftalmoloģe)

oftalmoloģe (feminine)
oftalmologs (nominative singular)
oftalmologi (nominative plural)
oftalmologu (accusative singular)
oftalmologus (accusative plural)
oftalmologa (genitive singular)
oftalmologu (genitive plural)
oftalmologam (dative singular)
oftalmologiem (dative plural)
oftalmologu (instrumental singular)
oftalmologiem (instrumental plural)
oftalmologā (locative singular)
oftalmologos (locative plural)
oftalmolog (singular vocative)
oftalmologi (plural vocative)

Un arī situāciju par dzemdībām acu problēmu gadījumā vienmēr novērtē oftalmologs.

2011 February 16, “Ginekologa Ronalda Mačuka atbildes uz Delfi lasītāju jautājumiem”, in Delfi Life:

And also the situation regarding childbirth in case of eye problems is always evaluated by an ophthalmologist.